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Ostensible English speakers make similar mistakes when writing pop songs. Consider Justin Timberlake in Rock Your Body. The chorus goes: “Got time, but I don'

Ostensible English speakers make similar mistakes when writing pop songs. Consider Justin Timberlake in Rock Your Body. The chorus goes: “Got time, but I don't mind Just wanna rock you, girl I'll have whatever you have Come on let's give it a whirl” But the issue is: got time but I don’t mind. Well, why would you mind if you had the time? It should be “don’t have time but I don’t mind” or else “got time and I don’t mind” Drives me nuts!

aswanson 8y ago
The beat is straight. Just dance.
indecisive_user 8y ago
I thought that was an interesting mistake to make since it really doesn't make a lot of sense. After looking around, it seems every website reports the lyric as "Got time" but according to JT, he actually says "Guy time". https://twitter.com/THETNKIDS/status/978655880400068608 https://twitter.com/THETNKIDS/status/978655880400068608 Anyway, that's not to say that native English speakers don't use gibberish or awkward phrases just to make a line sound nice, just that in this case it seems to be a lyric misunderstanding
technofiend 8y ago
You're barking up the wrong tree Yeah and you're scratching for a bone You triggered all of my words Just to see all of your curves Knock knockin up the prom queen She had to shake it, won't die mean Written by a native English speaker, but still as a native speaker myself I wouldn't swear I know exactly what that last line means.
masklinn 8y ago
Are you sure the author/producer of that song was a native english speaker? > Today, Karl "Max" Martin [Sandberg] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin) is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Swedish producers. The likes of Klas Åhlund (Kylie Minogue, Robyn, Madonna), Shellback (Usher, One Direction, Taylor Swift, Icona Pop) and Martin Terefe (Westlife, James Blunt, KT Tunstall) have regularly produced international chart-topping hits in the last few years. Swedes have also recently conquered the world of J-pop and K-pop. The Swedish Pop Machine is a very very real thing.

aswanson 8y ago

The beat is straight. Just dance.

indecisive_user 8y ago

I thought that was an interesting mistake to make since it really doesn't make a lot of sense. After looking around, it seems every website reports the lyric as "Got time" but according to JT, he actually says "Guy time". https://twitter.com/THETNKIDS/status/978655880400068608 https://twitter.com/THETNKIDS/status/978655880400068608 Anyway, that's not to say that native English speakers don't use gibberish or awkward phrases just to make a line sound nice, just that in this case it seems to be a lyric misunderstanding

technofiend 8y ago

You're barking up the wrong tree Yeah and you're scratching for a bone You triggered all of my words Just to see all of your curves Knock knockin up the prom queen She had to shake it, won't die mean Written by a native English speaker, but still as a native speaker myself I wouldn't swear I know exactly what that last line means.

masklinn 8y ago

Are you sure the author/producer of that song was a native english speaker? > Today, Karl "Max" Martin [Sandberg] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin) is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Swedish producers. The likes of Klas Åhlund (Kylie Minogue, Robyn, Madonna), Shellback (Usher, One Direction, Taylor Swift, Icona Pop) and Martin Terefe (Westlife, James Blunt, KT Tunstall) have regularly produced international chart-topping hits in the last few years. Swedes have also recently conquered the world of J-pop and K-pop. The Swedish Pop Machine is a very very real thing.