[Magdalen] prophecy/prophesy

[Simon Kershaw]

I say -- and hear said around me -- ah-men, with equal stress on both
syllables. Ths aplies whether it's said or sung.

simon

Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> In re amen - RC long a, Episcopalian short a. Experience :RC MI, TEC TX
> Lynn , sheltered
>
> On Jun 5, 2017, at 11:13 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> I presume this is true for the Hebrew, amen, also.
>
> Therefore, it should be a-MEN.
>
> Yet in the great abbeys and cathedrals of the UK, it seems to be
> usually A-men.


-- 
Simon Kershaw
simon at kershaw.org.uk
Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire