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Originally Posted by Gailh
I've just listened to Friend for about the (4 millionth time) and I do hear "been" but I think it has to be like that to fit in properly because "bin" would be too short. I don't know if that makes any sense.
Gail
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Your explanation makes a lot of musical sense to me. I suspect you're talking about duration, which affects the way one pronounces vowels in speech and in song. As a writer, reader, and teacher of poetry, this issue crops up in class discussions more than you'd think.