"Page and Monarch Forth They Went..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

So! This is for Erin, because she requested someone to recite it--and, Erin, I totally screwed up the last verse, it's pronounced 'cho-eh-loe-rum', and I think I said 'cho-loe-eh-rum' or something like that, but! anyway. There it is. And, dear lord, I giggled insanely the whole way through.

To-day was quiet and involved much reading and doing of maths. Also my cat is sulking, and Jiji gets more like Babi all the time--he has made himself a hollowed out place in the leaves by our door and lies in wait there.

Comments

[erinpuff]

^^ Thanks, you rock. :) I don't mind the giggles!

So the "oe" in "coelorum" is two separate sounds? That was the main thing I wasn't sure of. The Irish guy on the recording says it like that, but I'd figured it would be "che-lo-rum"-ish. Not that I know Latin, hence the asking for help. O_o

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Yes! Well, okay, more to the point, you know how in French singing you can pronounce all these extra syllables that wouldn't ordinarily be said? It's kind of like that in Latin. They're both basically correct. If you want to compromise you can kind of mash them together into an overpronounced sound.

Incidentally, Church Latin is the one with the 'ch' sound for c. In proper classical Latin, which technically is what I study, it's pronounced as a 'k'.

[erinpuff]

Oh, okay. I'll let my mom decide which one she likes better, then. ^^

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Okay! Long story short, I lied. It is 'che-lo-rum' (this is why one should always call in an expert before affirming anything to be absolutely true). I hope there's no problem. >_>

[erinpuff]

Hee, okay. <3 We haven't practiced it yet (that should happen tonight), so there's no problem. ^^

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Okay! ^_^ Sorry.