Dialect in church
I recently attended a church service which was all held in Cumbrian dialect. Not that anyone speaks like that now, but people of fifty years ago did - all the time. So for most of us this was a trip...
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Language with the corners polished off, like fine cabinet making.
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Wish I'd been there. But... nobody uses the dialect any more? Sad.
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Beautiful, ElizaD. And very touching. To cherish the past isn't self-indulgent, nor is it silly.
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Dialectal vocabulary may be on the way out, but even from Cumbrian folk I know over here I can hear that the accent is very much alive.And incomprehensible for the first three minutes.Which is usually...
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Some links, if anyone's interested:www.answers.com/topic/cumbrian-dialect, though it doesn't mention the Danish connection.And nfbtnw.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_nfbtnw_archive.html - scroll down to the...
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Eliza -- I recite this Psalm often -- as a clergyman, mostly at a funeral or memorial service. No English translation that I know comes as close to beautiful rhythms and sense of intimacy with the...
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Your comment has also now let me see the psalm in a different light, so thank you, too. Very interesting.
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Reb Wlm,Where could I find an audio of this psalm? I checked the ORT site you connected us to some years back, but the psalms (tehilim) are not there. I have the Hebrew, but would love to hear it.Jim
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Rev Jim: I am still searching for that audio. If nothing else, I will make an audio and send it to you.Best, RaW
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