OT - Pronunciation of words

Hahahhah David is International and the most beautiful word ever mirjam

But of course, Mirjam. ;-))

-- Carey in MA

Katherine, now you havw really set me off - I guess your mother and I have a lot in common - I kind of always thought that I was the only one stubborn enough to heartily sing the Christmas carols at midnight Mass in English, but even more heartily continue to sing Adeste Fidelis in latin. I never learned latin but knew the translation ( as we did with all the latin prayers) but somehow "Come all ye Faithful "is just not the same. Next time I join in the singing I will remember your mother. God Bless Gwen

My sentiments exactly Gemini - not to mention the fact that no matter where one travelled the Mass was always the same when in latin - now its a mumble jumble in foriegn countries as it is impossible, on a visit to a country, to find a translation into English so one has to just go along with what one would say/do if it were in English. God Bless Gwen

Yes, Katherine it is interesting when one thinks about it . These days it is getting hard to find a midnight Mass on Christmas eve and until there are none I will continue to search for one as that - for me - is the real feeling of Christmas. nowadays the ones that are held, except in the city Cathedrals, are in half empty churches whereas one used to have to be at the church by at leat 11.15 to get a seat. Of course one of the reasons is that they have one or two earlier Masses - but these only attract the families of the parishes not , as Gemini said, as large number of non Catholics and people who may never darken a church door again for another year - and that is surely a shame God Bless Gwen

And Australian ,Gemini, no wonder we refer to Canadians as our "Country Cousins" God Bless Gwen

Thank you, Gwen. I am sure that she will hear and appreciate it.

Kather> Katherine, now you havw really set me off - I guess your mother and I

I remember when I first moved here, and was at that time, a Roman Catholic. That first Christmas, I could not believe that there was no such thing as Midnight Mass. As a child, we used to attend Midnight Mass, and then stay for the low mass immediately following. I wonder how many people did that? It was called "the Mass at Dawn", even though it was hours before dawn actually arrived. Here, "Midnight Mass" starts at 8.

Kather> Yes, Katherine it is interesting when one thinks about it . These

Yes... and my Mom and my oldest sister and myself all have said that we understood and could follow the mass easier when it was in Latin. I don't mind the gospel being done in English, but the rest of it was much easier to follow in Latin and did sound holier. I have heard many non-Catholics who had attended Midnight Mass say the same thing... that is just seemed so much holier than it does in English.

Sorry if this ticks anyone off, but I also much preferred when the Catholic Nuns used to wear the long black habits to the street clothes that they wear today.... they looked holier then too. You always knew who you were standing next to at a bus stop, or who was coming toward you down a hospital corridor... not anymore. Although I am a Liberal thinker in a lot of ways.... I am very old-fashioned in my thinking when it comes to the church.

Just my opinion! Gemini

Yes, that's sad.... Midnight Mass is no longer at Midnight here either. It's at about 8, and in the past few years they have rotated which church will be holding it too. *shakes head* I sure do miss the old ways of doing things.

Gemini

:o) I'm quite pleased to be your "country cousin", Gwen! Although I get a little put-out with a few people I've met from the nearby city who refer to us from my small town as "country bumpkins"..... I retaliate with "I have never lived in the country in my entire life. I am a TOWN person, not a country person.", but that is only when they tick me off and talk down to us like we're hicks who don't know any better. Meanwhile I could dance circles around them with my grammar compaired to theirs.

Speaking of which.... Yesterday Matthew took me to a restaurant for fish and chips while we were in the nearby city, and the waitress came to the table and asked "How are yous today?" Matthew looked across the table at me and grinned while I smiled politely and answered (through my clenched teeth) "Fine thank you, and how are you?" When she walked away we got giggling because another waitress came up to the table behind us and said the exact same thing. Matthew said "It must be a prerequisite for working here that you have to say YOUS!" I said "Yeah, but did you have to look in my face when she said it? and he said "I know how much it bugs you and I could see your skin crawl and the hair stand up on the back of your neck." LOL Rotten kid! hehehe

Gemini

Me, too, Gem. I like ritual.

Katherine

LOL

Kather>> o) I'm quite pleased to be your "country cousin", Gwen! Although I >> get

That could be one of the points, but since the pubs here close early on Christmas Eve, I don't think that it applies here.

Kather> Our Mass is earlier too, would this be to prevent vandals and drunken

Pubs have late nights at weekends and bank holidays here, and now they are on about staying open all the time, pity anyone with an alcholic partner...must be awful. DH goes up for a pint and a chat to his mates, a couple of times a week, but would never stay out all night or do anything to make me worry in that way, so I'm lucky in that way and lots of other ways.

Cheers.....Cher

Keith doesn't drink, but he goes to the pub at least once a day for a drink and a natter.

Kather> Pubs have late nights at weekends and bank holidays here, and now