Contemporary use of the term s in English Are there any musicology or lexicology sources which discuss how usage of the words sprechgresang and sprechstimme have evolved The word sprechstimme crops up from time to time in mainstream music articles about pop rock blues etc It s usage there seems to be more general and perhaps incorrect than the stricter historical sense described here I m not a musicologist but merely notice that the term is used in a broader sense than this article covers Some references The Ways in Which White People Talk Over Music Preview The B 52s House of Blues Fabulous fan video for William Shatner s cover of Pulp s Common People