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"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of a celebrated dance duet on roller skates.^[5]

La canción «Let's call the whole thing off» (Cancelémoslo todo) es introducida en la película original por Fred y Ginger en Central Park, seguida de un número musical con patines y también por Homer y Marge Simpson en el capítulo «Million Dollar Maybe» en la serie Los Simpson.

The song is most famous for its "You like to-may-to /təˈmeɪtə/ / And I like to-mah-to /təˈmɑːtə/" and other verses comparing British and American English pronunciations.

The differences in pronunciation are not simply regional, however, but serve more specifically to identify class differences. At the time, typical American pronunciations were considered less "refined" by the upper-class, and there was a specific emphasis on the "broader" a sound.

"broader" =

broad adj figurative (accent: strong) marcado/a adj / cerrado/a adj / fuerte adj mf

broad adj (vowel, consonant: velar) abierto/a adj

En la siguiente presentación se destaca la cuestión fonética diferenciada en las parejas de palabras que aparecen en la canción.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

Song by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

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… Things have come to a pretty passOur romance is growing flatFor you like this and the otherWhile I go for this and thatGoodness knows what the end will beOh, I don't know where I'm atIt looks as if we two will never be oneSomething must be done

… You say either, I say eitherYou say neither and I say neitherEither, either, neither, neitherLet's call the whole thing off, yes

… You like potato and I like potatoYou like tomato and I like tomatoPotato, potahto, tomato, tomahtoLet's call the whole thing off

… But oh, if we call the whole thing offThen we must partAnd oh, if we ever partThen that might break my heart

… So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmasI'll wear pyjamas and give up pyajahmasFor we know, we need each otherSo we better call the calling off, offOh, let's call the whole thing off, yes

… You say laughter and I say larfterYou say after and I say arfterLaughter, larfter, after, arfterLet's call the whole thing offYou like vanilla and I like vanellaYou saspiralla and I saspirellaVanilla, vanella, chocolate, strawberryLet's call the whole thing off

… But oh, if we call the whole thing offThen we must partAnd, oh, if we ever partThen that might break my heart

… So if you go for oysters and I go for erstersI'll order oysters and cancel the erstersFor we know, we need each otherSo we better call the calling off, offLet's call the whole thing off

… Yes, you say either and you say eitherYou say neither and you say neitherEither, either, a-neither, a-neitherLet's call the whole thing off, oh, yesYou like potato and you like potahtoYou like tomato and you like tomahtoPotato, potahto, tomato, tomahtoLet's call the whole thing off

… But oh, if we call the whole thing offThen we must partAnd oh, if we ever partThen that might break my heart

… So if you like pyjamas (I like pyjahmas)I'll wear pyjamas (you got pyjamas)For we know, we need each otherSo we better call the calling off, offLet's call the whole thing offLet's call the whole thing off (yes)

VOCABULARY

come to a pretty pass= llegar a un estado de cosas malo o lamentable

a pretty pass = a bad situation

flat adj (monotonous) (falto de variedad) monótono/a adj

call [sth] off,
call off [sth] vtr phrasal sep

(cancel) The town's annual picnic was called off due to rain.

suspender⇒ vtr

cancelar⇒ vtr

Neither UK:*/ˈniːðər/, /ˈnaɪðər/

neither conj (with nor) ni conj

· Neither he nor she understood what was happening. Ni él ni ella entendieron lo que estaba pasando.

neither adj (not either one) ninguno/a adj / ninguno de [+ sustantivo plural] loc prnl

· Neither boy understood what was happening. Ningún niño (Ninguno de los niños) entendió lo que estaba pasando.

neither, neither of them, neither one of them pron (not either one) ninguno, ninguna pron

I invited Steve and David to the movies this evening, but neither was interested. Invité a Steve y David al cine esta noche, pero ninguno estaba interesado

Which skirt do I like? Neither of them! ¿Cuál falda me gusta? ¡Ninguna!

neither conj (and not either) tampoco conj

She doesn't want to eat and neither do I. Ella no quiere comer ni yo tampoco.

Either UK:*/ˈaɪðər/, /ˈiːðər/

either [...] or conj (one or another) o... o... loc conj

· Either you love me or you don't! ¡O me amas o no!

either adj (whichever of two) cualquiera de los dos loc adj

· Wear either dress - they both look good. Ponte cualquiera de los dos vestidos; ambos lucen bien.

either pron (one or another) cualquiera de los dos loc pron

I like both books. I'd be happy with either. Me gustan los dos libros. Cualquiera de los dos me haría feliz.

either adj (each of two) ambos/as adj

· There's a rest area on either side of the road. Hay una zona de descanso en ambos lados de la ruta.

either adv ('also' in the negative) tampoco adv

· I didn't like the film either. A mí tampoco me gustó la película.

Simpsons Tomato Potato Song.mpg

Rosemary Clooney & Gene Puerling - "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"

"LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF" - CAIO FERNANDO & MARÍLIA VIGO

Film

When Harry Met Sally - potato, tomato

https://youtu.be/1YxJ52T21jY?si=UM-O6ECOVEAjoKlZ

Blue eyes

Blue Eyes

Elton John

Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue, blue day

Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
When the morning comes
I'll be far away
And I say

Blue eyes holding back the tears
Holding back the pain
Baby's got blue eyes
And she's alone
Again

Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a clear blue sky
Watching over me

Blue eyes
Ooh, I love blue eyes
When I'm by her side
Where I long to be
I will see

Blue eyes laughing in the sun
Laughing in the rain
Baby's got blue eyes
And I am home
And I am home again

Blue eyes laughing in the sun
Laughing in the rain
Baby's got blue eyes
And I am home
Again

Fuente: LyricFind

Autores de la canción: Elton John / Gary Anthony Osborne

A continuación se presentan unas notas relacionadas con vocabulario de la canción.

HOLD BACK — phrasal verb with hold verb

UK /həʊld/ US /hoʊld/ held | held

to not do something, often because of fear or because you do not want to make a bad situation worse:

He held back, terrified of going into the dark room.

to not speak or state an opinion:

I held back during the meeting because I knew that my opinions were too controversial.

Información obtenida de la página: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/hold-back

We use I'm home when we have recently arrived at home and are notifying the people we live with.

We use at home when somebody asks us where we are on the telephone.

Honey, I'm home!

Is a very popular expression which means "I'm back"! In this case, you say I'm home to express that you just arrived.

Where are you right now? -I'm at home, what about you?

Is used to describe where you are in a static way. It doesn't serve any other purpose than to locate you.

at my home, house, place, is your address where you live, and all the strutures inside and out that belong to you, and the property that is included. It is a location of a building and outside lawns, yards, ect.
in my home could distinguish the partly will take place inside the one building you call your house, there will be no barbecue outside, no games outside, everything inside, indoors, not outdoors.
"Since they predict rain next Saturday, the party will now take place in my home, sorry we can't cook outdoors as I had planned."

Elton John - Blue Eyes/...Blues Medley - Wembley 1984 (HQ Audio)