[Magdalen] Homing Pigeons.

[Jay Weigel]

Ann, you really ought to hear little Vera. She is so precise and so serious
when she says her Lord's Prayer, tresPASSES and all. She kind of reminds me
of Betsy at that age, except that she is an oldest child and takes her
responsibilities very, very seriously....I would not want to be her little
brother Grant!

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> I hate that hissing TRES psses.  I'm always very careful to say
> TRESS-PASSes (that's the word, here in America, folks, where most of the
> ones discussing this live and pray).  Just saw Margaret's "never heard
> anyone...." -- I guess we haven't prayed together.  Actually I MUCH prefer
> the contemporary version, as it's clearer:  "Forgive us our sins, as we
> forgive those who sin against us."  When I was young, I always thought of
> those "No Trespassing" signs we saw all over the countryside on our jaunts
> for pawpaws, persimmons, and mushrooms, and couldn't figure out why we were
> praying to God about that!
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Not at the Ascension! There are several parishioners who make a point
> > of keeping it TRES-p'sses and TRES-p'ss. Only one of them is from
> > England.
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> > <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > In my experience, TRES-pass-es and TRES-pass are lost causes in
> > > the USA.  It's all tres-PASS-es and tres-PASS.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>