"keep your hor lamps"

Guest   Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:50 pm GMT
In chorus class we were singing "keep your lamps trimmed and burning, keep your lamps trimmed and burning" For some reason, the teacher told us to add the nonexistant word "hor" (pronounced like "whore") between "your" and "lamps" so it becomes "keep your hor lamps trimmed and burning". Does anyone have any idea why he makes us do this?
furrykef   Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:45 am GMT
I'm puzzled. Perhaps you should ask him?
Josh Lalonde   Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:24 am GMT
It sounds like it's just a way of extending 'your'. Does the word 'hor' that your teacher wants you to add fall on a different note than 'your'? If so, then you could look at it as your-or instead: [jO:rO:] in RP or [jOrOr] in General American
Presley.   Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:13 am GMT
It's so that you make up for an initial shortage of syllables so that it flows with the melody and rythm.
furrykef   Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:16 am GMT
If it's simply to extend the length of the word "your", though, there really shouldn't be an 'h' sound in there. That wouldn't sound good at all.

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