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Originally Posted by Dave, Melbourne,Australia

Joveski,

I think the answer to your question is that Gord emphasises the consonant at the end of a line. A good example is the song "Much To My Surprise". (James Taylor, on the other hand, emphasises vowels and pronounces "a" and "the" as "ay" and "thee".)

Hey, yesterday I met a Canadian-born winery owner at Panton Hill, just north-east of Melbourne (near the fire-devastated Kinglake area). He said he once went ice fishing at Lake Simcoe and the fisherman next to him turned out to be Gordon Lightfoot!

And how small is the world??? That is incredible.