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We all know that the proper way to say a word is to pronounce it right. However, if you proNOUNce it right it's called the proper proNUNciation. Kinda confusing, not? Generally speaking these kind of things don't bother me too much, but lately it has been to some extent. I'm well aware, as you no doubt are too, that if you put the emPHASis on the wrong sylLAble you have words that look much the same but sound quite different. Which means you pronunced them wrong or used the improper pronounciation. Now what is the point of all this? Good question.....
I used a word (actually I copied it from the text I was quoting) in my last post that I'm not quite sure how to pronunce. I've heard it one way one time and another way another time. I tend to use one pronounciation while many (most) others seem to use another one. Which is right, or is neither inherently wrong or right? Please help me get to the bottom of this, because it is causing me much consternation. The word I used was 'blessed'. Now tell me, is that word pronounced /blest/ or /bless-ed/. Please don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it most certainly does. I remember hearing a preacher say once in a message that one pronounciation is more spiritual (pertaining to spiritual, heavenly things) while the other is more natural. This makes absolutely no sense to me, but maybe I've missed the boat, as many claim.
Now, as disturbing as it has been to not be sure how to properly emphaSIZE the sylLAbles in the word 'blessed'; it hasn't been anything compared to the trauma I received the other day when I was accused of sounding 'German Baptist' (of all things) for my pronounciation of the word 'humbling'. (But that's another post for another day.)
Whew....now that that's off my chest maybe I can get some sleep......................................................zzzzzzzz
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"Blest" (Blessed) be the tie that binds.
"Bless-ed" (Blessed) are the merciful, etc.
No right or wrong, I'm athinkin' ~
ED – you – catED
In the beginning, God creatED, and God separatED, callED, and gatherED, every wingED bird; and God blessED them, saying, "let birds multiply on the earth."
The heavens were finishED, and birdED, and God restED, though he had not yet causED it to rain.
Yahweh formED the man of dust from the ground and breathED into his nostrils the breath of life, then plantED and gardenED.
A river flowED out of Eden to water the garden, and there it dividED and became four rivers.
Then Yahweh God commandED the man and his wife (who were both unashamEDly nakED) to eat of every tree of the garden, save one. (Their eyes had not been openED as of yet, no wonder they weren’t ashamED).
The serpent deceivED, they desirED, they eatED, they clothED with leaves they’D sewED.
Sam,
was that supposED to somehow clarify the confusion?
that's not a bad thing!!!! (about your sounding like a German Baptist)
Why do you feel like it's so bad you have to put them down on here?
Well, it just depends on whether you're singing Blessed Assurance or saying "That just blessed me so much."
BlessED is an adjective, and blessed (one syllable) is the past tense of the verb to bless. Does that set your mind at ease? :-D
Just to muddle things, though, songs often take liberties with language--/Blest/ Be the Ties That Bind, for instance, should actually be two syllables, technically.
And I got corrected for saying humble wrong recently, too. Funny, I'd never realized it was not the norm!
By the way, Sam, they didn't eatED. That wouldn't be ED-you-catED at all.
Hey, anonymous one, have you ever heard of tongue-in-cheek? I'm kidding, ok? It'll be all right. Being called a GB isn't the end of the world, I still call myself one as a matter of fact (much to the chagrin of most of them).
I use it both ways. If I'm saying, "I am blessed" it's (blest) If I'm saying, "Have a blessed day!" I normally mean (Bless-ed). Who knows, now I'm confused.
How many different ways can one say humble? HumblED? So beyond confused, here!
The 'h'. Do you pronounce the 'h' in humble or is it silent which makes the word pronounced more like /umble/?
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