[Magdalen] Homing Pigeons.

[Marion Thompson]

Oh dear. I'm hardwired to say eye-Zigh-uh.  Since forever, given the 
aforementioned Anglo-centric upbringing and life.  And we sing 
eye-Zigh-uh.  It's not an affectation, it just IS for me.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 12/27/2016 4:12 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> I dislike some of our lectors' insistence on pronouncing Isaiah as
> "eye-ZIGH-uh." An annoying affectation unless you're British. A minor
> thing, but I'm always happy to have a chance to say eye-ZAY-uh.
>
> Then there's the lector who tries to make Hebrew names sound Hebrew,
> even though they're Anglicized in terms of spelling: Israel comes out
> YEESH-ro-el. I want to ask him if he would say, "A reading from the
> book of the prophet Yeremiyahu" instead of Jeremiah.
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>> 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).
>
>
>