Tarky(Cristian Spiridon)

-an example of human stupidity-

Student
Fri Florentina-Rebeca
Romanian-English (2nd year)

Who is this Tarky???

Well, maybe you have heard about Tarky, on his real name Cristian Spiridon,
a controversial figure from Oneti(Bacu).
Tarky is that kind of star who has sprouted like mushrooms after rain if I
can say so, but just like the mushrooms, he hadn't had a long life in
showbiz because he was not a real talent.
Here is a video which will help us to know him better:..

Tarky-Eurovision song contest 2009

As we heard in the previous video, he was preparing intensively for
Eurovision song contest 2009 because he had the feeling that he will win
the preselection for this contest and he will even reach the finals.
Fortunately, he failed :D.

Lets move lyrics

(Tarkys Eurovision song)
1. Feeling so lost, so down load, so down slow
Oh babe, you making me lose my control
You bring the sunshine into my life
This is a thing I have wish(ed) all the time
Ref. Lets move dont ever stop
You are my only one
Hey you come with me
Let your mind and spirit free
2. So take me up to the most higher ground
Give up the tears you know I love so much
I wanna kiss you yes that is true
Come closer baby I know you want me too.

Analizing Tarkys English through his song, we can clearly see that he is not
a native English speaker because he has a quite bad pronunciation. He tends
to pronounce a romanian R inside and at the end of the words or a native
speaker doesnt do this (specific allophones). Here we have the phonetic
transcription for a few words:
Tarky
A native speaker/dictionary
[b r i n g]
[b r i ]
[ v r]
[ v :]
[a r]
[a:(r)]
[m o s t]
[m u s t]
[h a i e r]
[h a j :]
[g r a u n d]
[g (r) a w n d]
[t i r s]
[t : (r) z]
[k l o s r]
[k l u s :]
I have also found some grammar mistakes:
Oh babe you making me lose my control... (you are making me/ you make
me)
I have wish all the time. (I have wished/ I wished)
I must admit that the first line is uncertain for me. I don't understand what he
wants to say by Feeling so lost, so down load, so down slow.
Another uncertain line is Give up the tears you know I love so much. Who
or what does he love?

Body language and style of dress

Tarky has a specific style of dress: cheap and tacky. When you see him
dressed like that, you can affirm one thing about him: he's gay! Or if he's not
gay, he should definitely take some lessons on how to dress if he wants to
assert in showbiz ! His body language betrays him he has no stage
presence and he is not a "showman as he considers himself. His mimic and
his gestures have nothing in common with what he sings and the way he
dances makes him to seem a desperate man.

Therefore

There is no forest without dryness

In our society we also have negative examples. These non-values are always
looking to stand out by their lack of culture and by snobbery (in this
case,Tarky is trying to imitate Tarkan, an international celebrity). The
popularity of these overnight "celebrities" depends very much on us. If we
pay attention to them and promote them it is normal for them to enjoy the
"fame. Unfortunately, people like Tarky have become famous due to the
excessive promotion of human stupidity.
Let's begin to promote the true values and innate talents!!!

Thank you for watching this slideshow and I hope you enjoyed it!!!