[Magdalen] Homing Pigeons.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Re the different preferences folks have for trespasses:

I can't help.  I always pronounce "trespasses" as "sins."

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 12/25/2016 5:18:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> the  Lord's Prayer perfectly,
> although the accents are sometimes placed  strangely and I wanted to giggle
> at "tresPASSes". She is SO  serious!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> In my experience, TRES-pass-es and TRES-pass are lost causes in
> the USA.  It's all tres-PASS-es and tres-PASS.
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> Putting the stress on the wrong syllable also changes the vowel
> in the "pass" syllable from a short "a" to the "a" as in "cat."
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> Can we ever head 'em off at the pass?
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> David S.
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