2665: America Songs - Revision history

CategoryGeneral: Removed Dominica, though there's another country called the "Dominican" republic

2024-10-30T03:29:21Z

Removed Dominica, though there's another country called the "Dominican" republic

172.70.115.161: Fixed the mess of IPA.

2024-10-18T02:44:49Z

Fixed the mess of IPA.

172.68.174.83 at 23:34, 11 December 2023

2023-12-11T23:34:48Z

172.71.242.163: /* Table of names matching the rythmic meter of America */ comment

2023-09-13T13:35:46Z

‎Table of names matching the rythmic meter of America: comment

FaviFake at 13:39, 29 August 2023

2023-08-29T13:39:35Z

ConscriptGuide: /* Table of names matching the rythmic meter of America */ /aɪ-pi-eɪ/

2023-08-09T19:39:07Z

‎Table of names matching the rythmic meter of America: /aɪ-pi-eɪ/

Xurkitree10: /* Transcript */

2023-04-24T06:11:09Z

‎Transcript

172.71.242.141: Undo revision 304158 by SilverTheTerribleMathematician (talk) Can't see use in either Citation Needed or Actual Citation Needed here. Too subtle?

2023-01-05T11:06:55Z

Undo revision 304158 by SilverTheTerribleMathematician (talk) Can't see use in either Citation Needed *or* Actual Citation Needed here. Too subtle?

SilverTheTerribleMathematician: /* Table of names matching the rythmic meter of America */

2023-01-05T09:03:27Z

‎Table of names matching the rythmic meter of America

ColorfulGalaxy: "Pneumonia" also fits. It's related to COVlD-19

2022-12-13T10:48:51Z

"Pneumonia" also fits. It's related to COVlD-19

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 Many songs, particularly those written by Americans, contain the word "America." Randall has listed 6 such songs: "{{w|America the Beautiful}}", "{{w|God Bless America}}", Neil Diamond's "{{w|America (Neil Diamond song)|America}}", "{{w|America (West Side Story song)|America}}" from the Broadway musical ''{{w|West Side Story}}'', the Guess Who's "{{w|American Woman}}" and Green Day's "{{w|American Idiot (song)|American Idiot}}". These songs usually either praise the United States for its perceived virtues or mock it for its perceived flaws. Regardless of the content of the song, one could likely sing such songs replacing each usage of the word "America" or "American" with another four-syllable word or phrase with emphasis on the second syllable, without disrupting the {{w|cadence}} or meter of the song. Words and phrases like this are said to "{{w|Scansion|scan}}" with the word "America," which means to conform to that metrical pattern.
-The comic provides a list of such names, most of which are locations. While some share virtues or flaws with the United States, most would fit into songs about the United States poorly, and only some are prominent enough to justify a song praising or mocking them. So the substitution is humorous for most of the examples. Other examples include Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Liberia, Nigeria, Bolivia, Siberia, Somalia, Albania, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cambodia, Armenia, Australia, Dominica, Estonia, Mongolia, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, El Salvador, the Alamo, the Netherlands, and the Philippines.
+The comic provides a list of such names, most of which are locations. While some share virtues or flaws with the United States, most would fit into songs about the United States poorly, and only some are prominent enough to justify a song praising or mocking them. So the substitution is humorous for most of the examples. Other examples include Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Liberia, Nigeria, Bolivia, Siberia, Somalia, Albania, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cambodia, Armenia, Australia, Estonia, Mongolia, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, El Salvador, the Alamo, the Netherlands, and the Philippines.
 Note that inhabitants of some real-world locations mentioned in this comic do not pronounce their names in a way that scans with "America". Also note that the adjective form of many of the places listed either does not exist or does not fit the same rhythmic structure as "American". (For instance, while "Antarctican Idiot" scans with "American Idiot", "St. Petersburgian Idiot" does not; meanwhile, "Canada" does not scan with "America", but "Canadian" does scan with "American" and was in fact used as such in Weird Al's parody, "{{w|Canadian Idiot}}".) In these cases, it would be necessary to use the noun form of the name to preserve the song's meter.

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 | {{w|Olympia, Washington|Olympia}} || Capital of the state of {{w|Washington}}.
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-| {{w|Yosemite}} || National park in the state of {{w|California}}. Pronounced "yoh-SEM-ih-tee" (/jəu-'sɛ-mɪ-ti/).
+| {{w|Yosemite}} || National park in the state of {{w|California}}. Pronounced "yoh-SEM-ih-tee" (/joʊ.'sɛ.mɪ.ˌti/).
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 | {{w|Los Angeles}} || Largest city in the state of California, and 2nd largest city in the United States. There is [[2480|another city]] under the same name in the state of Texas.

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 | {{w|Algeria}} || A country in North Africa. The largest and the 9th most populated country on the continent of Africa. Bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
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-| {{w|Armenia}} || A landlocked country located in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region.
+| {{w|Armenia}} || A landlocked country located in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region. Singing "God bless Armenia" may anger some Calvinists who mishear the song.
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 | {{w|Monrovia}} || The capital city of the West African country of {{w|Liberia}}.

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 | {{w|LaGuardia Airport|LaGuardia}} || One of the three major airports in {{w|New York City}} metropolitan area, named after former mayor {{w|Fiorello La Guardia}}. The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQEddtFN3Q ''West Side Story'' song in question] was performed on February 29, 2020 on [https://youtu.be/6d7Vk_qaiB8?t=150 ''Saturday Night Live''.] The airport was described in 2014 by [[Joe Biden]] as being like a third-world country.
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-| {{w|Virginia Beach}} || Most populous city in the state of {{w|Virginia}}.
+| {{w|Virginia Beach}} || Most populous city in the state of {{w|Virginia}}. Name is pronounced with five syllables when speaking formally, Ver-gin-ee-a Beach, but speaking quickly can be squashed into Ver-gin-ya.
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 | {{w|The Villages, Florida|The Villages}} || An unincorporated senior living community in the state of {{w|Florida}}. Notable for its local newspaper, ''{{w|The Villages Daily Sun}}'', which was the only top 25 American newspaper (by circulation) to show growth in 2022.[https://pressgazette.co.uk/us-newspaper-circulations-2022/]

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 | {{w|Connecticut}} || US State, whose capital is {{w|Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford}} and largest city is {{w|Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport}}.
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-| {{w|LaGuardia Airport|LaGuardia}} || One of the three major airports in {{w|New York City}} metropolitan area, named after former mayor {{w|Fiorello La Guardia}}. The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQEddtFN3Q ''West Side Story'' song in question] was performed on February 29, 2020 on [https://youtu.be/6d7Vk_qaiB8?t=150 ''Saturday Night Live''.] The airport was described in 2014 by Joe Biden as being like a third-world country.
+| {{w|LaGuardia Airport|LaGuardia}} || One of the three major airports in {{w|New York City}} metropolitan area, named after former mayor {{w|Fiorello La Guardia}}. The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQEddtFN3Q ''West Side Story'' song in question] was performed on February 29, 2020 on [https://youtu.be/6d7Vk_qaiB8?t=150 ''Saturday Night Live''.] The airport was described in 2014 by [[Joe Biden]] as being like a third-world country.
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 | {{w|Virginia Beach}} || Most populous city in the state of {{w|Virginia}}.

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 ==Transcript==
 :[A header is written above a map of the US mainland:]
 :<big>Places whose names scan to "America," so they can be substituted into songs such as:</big>

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 | {{w|Econo Lodge|EconoLodge}} || Actually spelled ''Econo Lodge'', though their wordmark doesn't help. An economy motel chain in the US and Canada.
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-| Jurassic Park (title text) || Jurassic Park is the titular theme park of cloned dinosaurs in the ''{{w|Jurassic Park}}'' franchise of books, films, and other media. Inevitably, the dinosaurs escape and attack humans.{{Citation needed}}
+| Jurassic Park (title text) || Jurassic Park is the titular theme park of cloned dinosaurs in the ''{{w|Jurassic Park}}'' franchise of books, films, and other media. Inevitably, the dinosaurs escape and attack humans.
 |}