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Old 10-21-2018, 06:13 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Good and bad news from me, I'm afraid, Ilpoxi !

Firstly, the good news: as a Brit, I would certainly pronounce "thriller" as "thrilla". It wouldn't, however be a very accurate rhyme with "bar", which I presume sounds very similar to "car" and "are", with a longer, more rounded vowel sound. Actually, imo, a rhyme which is not a precise match is often more effective than a predictable, perfect match. I'd say that matching moon and June, tears and fears is not going to make for good lyrics.

I'm no lyric writer, but reading your lyric, I wonder about the natural stress of the words. I hope this conveys how your couplet would naturally sound in spoken British English:-

FILL inda BAAR
LYK a THRILLa

( The last syllable of thriller is short and very unstressed, exactly like the single word "a" in the middle of the same line. )

Good luck !
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