LADY HAHA 417 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 "It don't have a price" ~ Paparazzi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 55,066 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Btw Americans say 'lay' all the time when it should be 'lie', right? Gaga says 'Lay back, and feast as this audio...' in G.U.Y. when it should've been 'lie'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poissonche 12,365 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 29 minutes ago, Bradley said: Btw Americans say 'lay' all the time when it should be 'lie', right? Gaga says 'Lay back, and feast as this audio...' in G.U.Y. when it should've been 'lie'. As a non-anglophone, that verb f*cks me up completely. Every time I come across it, in the past tense especially, it just feels WRONNNNG idk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monketsharona 44,784 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Lady Gaga loves French : it's how we pronounce it in French Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 At least she didn't say "I don't wanna be French" in the studio version of BR Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Bradley said: Btw Americans say 'lay' all the time when it should be 'lie', right? Gaga says 'Lay back, and feast as this audio...' in G.U.Y. when it should've been 'lie'. No, that's correct. Are you English btw? It's one of the most confusing verbs. Lay back is considered standard and grammatical though. You lay down. You were lying down. You had been lying down. (the 3 tenses) What's wrong is when people use "lay" in the simple past tense. But it's grammar and it evolves. Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free My Mind 2,111 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Bradley said: Btw Americans say 'lay' all the time when it should be 'lie', right? Gaga says 'Lay back, and feast as this audio...' in G.U.Y. when it should've been 'lie'. lay is a word edit: nvm i get ur point now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauvais 0 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 12 hours ago, PartySick said: OT: I wish there was a lyric site that would write out lyrics the way they're said. Gaga's songs would be crazy. It's not extensive but a linguist recently discussed her singing dialect with phonetic respelling and notation https://www.acelinguist.com/2018/12/dialect-dissection-lady-gaga.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewUsername 10,393 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Des yeux qui font "baiser" les miens. "J'appart-rien" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidfigure 1,612 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 14 hours ago, Anonym said: It’s not her fault. Italian is her mother tongue. Gaga speaking Italian is one of the funniest things ever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucee 1,690 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 I THINK WEED HAVE A GOOD TIME hello hello baby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 55,066 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 4 hours ago, derpmonster said: No, that's correct. Are you English btw? It's one of the most confusing verbs. Lay back is considered standard and grammatical though. You lay down. You were lying down. You had been lying down. (the 3 tenses) What's wrong is when people use "lay" in the simple past tense. But it's grammar and it evolves. I'm not English, but I study British English, for what it's worth. Actually from my understanding, 'lay' is only used when you are putting something down. This means that you need another object/subject in your hands for you to 'lay' it down, it could obviously be used on something intangible, but still, if we're talking about the bodily position, you have to use the word 'lie'. @Poissonche Hope this clears up your confusion. 'Lay' could be both a present simple (as in lay that down on the table) or past simple (as in the past tense of 'lie on the bed'). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkmanthaC 105,376 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 18 hours ago, PinkPop said: she probably knows how to pronounce it but chose to pronounce it like that so it rhymes like most singers say 'may' instead of 'me' This is all I could think about reading this. she/her/hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Gg 12,985 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 56 minutes ago, Bradley said: I'm not English, but I study British English, for what it's worth. Actually from my understanding, 'lay' is only used when you are putting something down. This means that you need another object/subject in your hands for you to 'lay' it down, it could obviously be used on something intangible, but still, if we're talking about the bodily position, you have to use the word 'lie'. @Poissonche Hope this clears up your confusion. 'Lay' could be both a present simple (as in lay that down on the table) or past simple (as in the past tense of 'lie on the bed'). Yeah this is correct. It should be 'lie'. Lay is the simple past tense of 'lie' in the context that she is using. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamourpuss 29,062 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 I've heard it been said as leer by many people. I'd say it that way myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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