Exercise: 1.

Fill in the gaps with these words: Goodness pass growing never must Things have come to a pretty ____ Our romance is _______ flat, For you like this and the other While I go for this and that, _________ knows what the end will be Oh I don't know where I'm at It looks as if we two will ______ be one Something ______ be done: 2. WOW! There are so many gaps; youll have to figure this out. Complete all of them with the following words:

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald

EITHER / NEITHER
You say ______ and I say ______, You say ______, and I say ________ ______, Either ______, neither, Lets call the whole thing off. 3. Listen and Pay attention: You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS EXPRESSION MEANS? a) TO SHOUT b) TO DECIDE TO STOP AN ACTIVITY But oh, if we call the whole thing off Then we must part And oh, if we ever part, Then that might break my heart So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmas, I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyajahmas For we know we need each other so we, Better call it call it off off Let's call the whole thing off. C) TO MAKE SOMETHING EXIST OR HAPPEN

4. Sing together: You say laughter and I say larfter, You say after and I say arfter Laughter, larfter after arfter, Let's call the whole thing off, You like vanilla and I like vanella, You sarsaparilla, and I saspirella Vanilla vanella chocolate strawberry, Let's call the whole thing off

But oh if we call the whole thing off Then we must part And oh, if we ever part, Then that might break my heart So if you go for oysters and I go for ersters, I'll order oysters and cancel the ersters For we know we need each other so we, Better call the calling off off, Let's call the whole thing off.

How would you pronounce the following words? after - either - laughter neither oysters potato pyjamas sarsaparilla tomato vanilla

5. True or false? ( ) The singer wants to leave her partner because she doesnt understand when he speaks. ( ) The singer doesnt want to leave her partner because it would break her heart. ( ) The singer and her lover pronounce some words in different ways. 6. Do you know any other words which are pronounced in more than one way? Which are them? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 7. In your opinion why do the singer and her lover pronounce these words differently? Is it because of their geographical origins or social class? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________