remnants of a catholic childhood

kewpid commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

I love Biblical language. It is very powerful.

October 8, 2007

reesetee commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

Sionnach, this reminds me of all the words I used to think had only religious denotations. In fact, I think I made a list somewhere on Wordie. *rummaging*

October 9, 2007

seanahan commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

Biblical language is only powerful because of the context it is typically given.

October 9, 2007

kewpid commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

That is an awfully relativist thing to say!

October 9, 2007

chained_bear commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

Biblical language *is* powerful in some ways, not always because of the context. For one thing, it's usually archaic and/or esoteric, which makes it atypical in terms of everyday speech. And like other atypical speech, archaic and esoteric language certainly have the power to make everyone in the room stop talking when they hear it, if only to figure out if someone's pronouncing something correctly--or what the hell they meant.

Try using chasuble in everyday conversation, for example. Or calumny.

October 9, 2007

reesetee commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

I find that a lot of it is beautifully poetic, too.

October 10, 2007

sarra commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

hee. Have you seen my analogue? A less rich tradition, to be sure.

November 9, 2007

sionnach commented on the list remnants-of-a-catholic-childhood

sarra: clearly you need more guilt and relics. ;)

November 9, 2007