“Soft and Melodious”- Let Linguists Worldwide Concur with Great Queen Victoria

2021; Volume: 3; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.32474/jaas.2021.03.000174

ISSN

2690-5752

Autores

Jorge Alberto López-Guzman,

Tópico(s)

Speech and dialogue systems

Resumo

This is yet another appeal to linguists worldwide to rectify a longstanding blunder [1-3]. About a century and a half ago, Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther met The Empress of India in her palace. He recited The Lord’s Prayer to her in Yoruba. At the completion of the recital Queen Victoria said the Yoruba language sounded “soft and melodious” [4].

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