Re: CHAT Liturgical thou/thee etc. (was: Thorn vs Eth)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 11, 2002, 21:40 |
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Ray Brown wrote:
> AFAIK there's been no further attempt to 'modernize'.
Maybe not in a ecumenical setting, but my church uses:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be your name, (/halod/ as opposed to the use in the traditional
/halow@d/)
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
On Earth as in heaven
Give us today our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors
Umm .. I forget the exact wording of the next two lines
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
Now and forever
Amen.
Personally, I detest this modernization. If you're going to modernize,
it seems to me that you should completely modernize, not just modernize
the vocabulary (altho, does "hallowed" really count as modern?) but also
the syntax. Things like "Your kingdom come" are NOT contemporary
English.
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