tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post7573253902558127560..comments2024-03-27T21:31:56.674-04:00Comments on The Quotidian Kit: Lo, We Abhor NotKitti Carrikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02673202543914324582noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post-20595026175249127742019-07-22T15:10:09.394-04:002019-07-22T15:10:09.394-04:00https://brandonrobshaw.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/wo...https://brandonrobshaw.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/worst-christmas-carol-lyric-ever/<br /><br />Worst Christmas Carol lyric ever<br />December 12, 2013<br />"Earlier this week I attended my first carol service of the season (because my daughter was playing the flute in it), and I realised that verse 2 of ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ has to contain the worst lyric ever written for a Christmas carol: ‘Lo, he abhors not the Virgin’s womb.’<br /><br />It’s bad from the very first word. ‘Lo’ means ‘look.’ But what are we supposed to be looking at? And what is so praiseworthy about not abhorring a virgin’s womb? Why the hell should he abhor it?<br /><br />Apparently this mish-mash is the work of the Rev. Frederick Oakley, who translated the hymn from the original Latin in 1841. The corresponding line in Latin is ‘Gestant puellae viscera‘, which simply means ‘born of a virgin’s womb,’ so where he got the ‘abhor’ bit from is anyone’s guess. Perhaps he felt he needed to make it scan – but then he didn’t bother about that with the first two lines of the verse, which go ‘God of God/Light of light’, and have to be stretched out to fit the tune."Kitti Carrikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673202543914324582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post-56088413395006649532017-12-01T16:44:24.318-05:002017-12-01T16:44:24.318-05:00Well! Did you know that 2 yrs ago someone broke in...Well! Did you know that 2 yrs ago someone broke into my house and only stole all my Christmas CD's?!<br />Not really...I just couldn't find them because I had put the 60 or so neatly away by genre...<br />Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. <br />And that reply - I'm always mystified by my quotes. "Did I (moi) really say that?" Lol.<br />cate stitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638789950574122841noreply@blogger.com