Talk:The Rankin Family

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Hello Who is the unofficial member who sings lead in "Maybe You're Right?" She has a notable Kazakh sounding accent, or at least a non-North American Soviet/Central Asian-sounding accent. 199.101.62.225 (talk) 11:14, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

The lead in "Maybe You're Right"is the very Canadian Cookie Rankin. --Khajidha (talk) 16:57, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Cookie was born in Yerevan, not in Canada. She married into the Rankins but was a Minasyan, never guessed she'd do lead vocals though. 199.101.62.225 (talk) 05:53, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Her non-Canadian-ness is evident in her speaking voice too. My guess of her accent was close, she was born in the Soviet Union, in yerevan. I live in Canada now and spent time out in Nova Scotia, and their accents are nowhere close to Cookie's accent. Granted she has lost most of her Soviet accent but it's still there. "arre you 'thde real fing" "assowded foundation" etc.

199.101.62.225 (talk) 06:09, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Cookie's sister, Elena Minasyan provides vocals on the song "Simple Things" by pianist Jim Brickman 199.101.62.225 (talk) 06:13, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Bullshit. Cookie is a Rankin by birth, born in Inverness, Cape Breton. --Khajidha (talk) 12:48, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

And the singer on "Simple Things" is Rebecca Lynn Howard. --Khajidha (talk) 13:02, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

No it isn't Rebecca. That's an American singer, and there is no such place as Inverness, Nova Scotia, unless you can get coordinates my GF can't locate it on her app. I've been to Inverness Scotland, but again, that's not a Canadian accent on MYR, and Simple Thigns is not sung by a yank, unless Apple music is lying

199.101.62.225 (talk) 21:42, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

1) https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g1841318-Inverness_Cape_Breton_Island_Nova_Scotia-Vacations.html It's a small, rural community. See Inverness, Nova Scotia.

2) I don't know why you think those accents are not Canadian or American, but the simple facts are that the women singing are Canadian and American.

3) The cover of the single itself says it is Rebecca Lynn Howard. Simple Things (Jim Brickman song) --Khajidha (talk) 23:24, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Then please explain why I see the name Elena Minasyan on Simple Things?

Again, I spent time in Nova Scotia and Cookies accent is about as Uncanadian as it gets. Canadians don't pronounce words like "assorted" as "assauwded" or "is this my immagination" as "Is dis my immaginashone), etc. Compare it to the accent of youtuber "Miss ASMR, " the accents are damn near identical. Same with th eSimple things voice. 199.101.62.225 (talk) 00:34, 22 June 2019 (UTC) 199.101.62.225 (talk) 00:34, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Look, I agree with you about the Kiev issue, but however I can't find what you're saying about Cookie. I can find Heather Rankin's bio, Jim Rankin's bio (though it is missing the fact that James Rankin the voice actor and Jimmy Rankin the singer are the same person, not separate people). I however can't find anything that states wher Cookie was born or even that she is a Rankin.

Minasyan is an Armenian surname meaning "Son of Minas, " according to my girlfriend who is a British-born Armenian. (meaning that she was born and raised in England but is of Armenian descent.) I haven't presented the Cookie Rankin theory to her but we both are seeing the same name ot he Simple Things song by Brickman and Minasyan, not Rebecca.

199.101.62.225 (talk) 00:37, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Maybe Brickman rerecorded it later with Minasyan? The original release WAS with Rebecca Lynn Howard. Personal experience with accents is not a valid source. I know many people whose accents do not match what one would assume from their background. Not to mention that the line isn't "assorted", it's "a sordid preoccupation or a decent human being". The facts about Cookie are in this very article. The entire "Background" paragraph.--Khajidha (talk) 01:26, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Think about it though, how would a Canadian get a South Caucasian accent like that? 199.101.62.225 (talk) 01:30, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

i've done research on Armenians in Canada, and Nova Scotia has almost none. How would somebody born West of the Atlantic Ocean like you believe Cookie to be pick up a South Caucasian accent when Nova Scotia is so far removed from the Caucasus region, which is where Armenia is? 199.101.62.225 (talk) 01:33, 22 June 2019 (UTC)