Blixa wrote:just me wrote:Wait...should we say "foy-yay?"
What? It's not FOI-yur?
I admit ignorance on this...
But I looked it up.
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=foyer
Huh...
This is literally the coolest thing I've learned all day.
Giving a "talk" in sacrament meeting
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I admit ignorance on this...
But I looked it up.
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=foyer
Huh...
This is literally the coolest thing I've learned all day.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
The Holy Sacrament.
The Holy Sacrament.
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Seriously, you guys have been saying foi-yer? I've never said foi-yer. It's foi-yay. Pronounced en francais. Sisal-covered and all.
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Yes for some reason this unholy and impure practice didn't penetrate into Canada. I received the correct pronunciation from my wife, who is from BC.
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LDSToronto wrote:Seriously, you guys have been saying foi-yer? I've never said foi-yer. It's foi-yay. Pronounced en francais. Sisal-covered and all.
We also say "the D.I." instead of "D.I."
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
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Like "the Facebook?" That is acceptable.
"A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows." - Samuel Clemens
The name of the "king" in Facsimile No. 3 of the Book of Abraham is Isis. Yes...that is her name.
The name of the "king" in Facsimile No. 3 of the Book of Abraham is Isis. Yes...that is her name.
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LDSToronto wrote:Seriously, you guys have been saying foi-yer? I've never said foi-yer. It's foi-yay. Pronounced en francais. Sisal-covered and all.
How does one say - Mariners kicked Blue Jay ass - in Francais?
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just me wrote:Here is another Mormon word thing that I didn't know about until a never-mo pointed it out.
Activity.
Everything is an activity! We don't have events, seminars, dinners, outings or whatever. We have activities.
(I actually had to ask my friend what they call it when they do something as a family. LMAO)
It can become worse after it is translated.
You can find it in an English-Hungarian dictionary: activity = aktivitás
The only problem is that "aktivitás" is only the state of being active
For a specified pursuit in which a person partakes (events, seminars, dinners, outings) we have different words, which can be translated to E. as simply "pursuit".
When I mentioned it to a very agile (and committed...) acquaintance of my wife, she said me "as a nonmormon, you can not understand it". Period. I was buried. I can say anything, it doesn't count, I am a nonmormon.
After all, she was courteous, didn't use the "anti" prefix.
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just me wrote:lulu, thanks for the comparison! I think most LDS are ignorant of what other religions do, so it was very insightful to me.
Glad it was useful. I was afraid I had gone overboard.
But I guess "talk" is easier than saying "I shall expound scripture, exhort and testify next Sunday." Now that does sound pompous if not scholastic.
"And the human knew the source of life, the woman of him, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, 'I have procreated a man with Yahweh.'" Gen. 4:1, interior quote translated by D. Bokovoy.