Marty saved audiotape that originated in May Street, on his Dziadzi's, our JPZ's, reel-to-reel tape recorder. Who remembers JPZ's tape recorders, or can find an image of a similar machine? I only recall Marty's reel-to-reel from the 1960s.
Today's sound file is of a recording that must be from the 1950s. John, can you pin down a date range perhaps?
Marty performed some complicated and exacting procedure involving a tape player and some fancy borrowed sound equipment to convert audio signal to digital, and transmitted results to me in .mp3 file format. Thanks, Marty! Here is presented the first sound file, in which JPZ reads fairy tales to his youngest, Johnny.
Clicking the link below will take you to the SoundCloud site. Email me privately for the password.
May Street Tape - Three Bears by jzdro | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Alternatively, you can listen by clicking the Play icon within the embedded file below.
It starts out with the conclusion of Little Red Riding Hood. Then JPZ proposes to read the next tale, pronouncing the title as Tree Bears. The Polish language has no th sound at all. If Polish is your first language, your baby tongue, you are going to maintain normal speed of your English speech by making a quick substitution for th with either t or d. After all, there's stuff to do, right?
A related idea is suggested when JPZ says here she comes. Polish nouns are marked for gender. You just do not issue a noun from your mouth until you have inflected it properly for gender. No gender specified for the English noun story? Nie ma problem! The Polish equivalent is historia, a feminine noun. So there you go: here she comes.
Today's sound file is of a recording that must be from the 1950s. John, can you pin down a date range perhaps?
Marty performed some complicated and exacting procedure involving a tape player and some fancy borrowed sound equipment to convert audio signal to digital, and transmitted results to me in .mp3 file format. Thanks, Marty! Here is presented the first sound file, in which JPZ reads fairy tales to his youngest, Johnny.
Clicking the link below will take you to the SoundCloud site. Email me privately for the password.
May Street Tape - Three Bears by jzdro | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Alternatively, you can listen by clicking the Play icon within the embedded file below.
It starts out with the conclusion of Little Red Riding Hood. Then JPZ proposes to read the next tale, pronouncing the title as Tree Bears. The Polish language has no th sound at all. If Polish is your first language, your baby tongue, you are going to maintain normal speed of your English speech by making a quick substitution for th with either t or d. After all, there's stuff to do, right?
A related idea is suggested when JPZ says here she comes. Polish nouns are marked for gender. You just do not issue a noun from your mouth until you have inflected it properly for gender. No gender specified for the English noun story? Nie ma problem! The Polish equivalent is historia, a feminine noun. So there you go: here she comes.
What an interesting old story. Three this, three that, three times: a 3x3 matrix.
Fascinatingly, the predator species and the prey species change places. First, the bears are vulnerable when their home is invaded. The listener is invited to feel empathy for them, even unto hearing Baby Bear plaintively ask the lassie to stay and play. But at the end Goldilocks runs, and stays away. The take-home message is that bears may be furry and cute and have families like you do, and it is good to be empathetic, but don't mess with bears. That is wisdom from the ancestors, all right.
At 4:40, JPZ opens the cabinet of the grandfather clock he made. You can hear him adjusting the hands to a certain hour. Thank you, Marty, for bringing to us the sound of that grandfather clock striking the hour.
From 5:57, JPZ sings the Good Night song! I understand only about half of it. John, can you come up with a transcription and translation? Tłumacz and also Wikisłownik are your friends in this!
Well, family, please comment with your impressions and questions. If you are reading this in email, please go to Gene and Clar's and comment in the comment box at the bottom of the post. Thanks for reading.
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