Verification of the sound heard for the last vowel of "Virginia" in the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

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In this recording, at 3 min  18 s is found the name "Virginia" and my ear tells me that, for some reason or other, the a of this name is pronounced /e/ and not /ə/; shortly after that, in the word "sorbet" the e is pronounced /ə/, as it should, and I have no problem hearing it. Could someone who trust their ears deny or confirm this fact?

Peter Shor · Accepted Answer

The lyrics say the word you're hearing is not Virginia, it's terjimmy (the last three syllables of Mister Jimmy, not Miss Virginia). So the phoneme should be /i/ or /ɪ/. (Which is closer to /e/ than /ə/ is.)

Correct answer by Peter Shor on April 18, 2021

Verification of the sound heard for the last vowel of "Virginia" in the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

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