Dialogue or Silent?

[ancilla_Domini]

I did not respond to the poll either. I think most people respond silently. I don’t particularly like the Dialogue Mass, but that does not exclude the congregation from silent participation. I guess as a former altar boy I don’t like somebody intruding on my turf,

I silently (or inaudibly) pray the altar boy’s responses and join (again privately) in the great prayers (Gloria, Creed, Our Father, Last Gospel). Strangley, when I attend an OF Mass, I now silently pray the Confetior before communion. Wierd, huh?

I kind of do the same thing, only at a different part. I say, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you…” with the rest of the faithful, but after that, I say “Domine, non sum dignus…” twice silently.

 

[ribbit]

(Example - the r in “Spiritu” is rolled slightly…in the audio tape it shows that and I passed that along to the servers I trained. The MAJORITY of the congregation pronounces that word as per English, not Ecclesial Latin.)

Ken

Not everyone (including myself) is capable of rolling rs. My Russian and Romanian teachers have told me that young children are screened for this and that many, many children have to go to speech therapists because the rolled r is required in those languages. Even then, after years of help, not all of them get it. Since the 5 non-English languages that I speak/am learning require the rolled r, I really wish I could do it.

 

[ancilla_Domini]

(Example - the r in “Spiritu” is rolled slightly…in the audio tape it shows that and I passed that along to the servers I trained. The MAJORITY of the congregation pronounces that word as per English, not Ecclesial Latin.)

Ken

I don’t have much of a problem rolling Rs now, but I used to before. There were some tricks that helped me when I was learning Spanish and Japanese. When speaking in foreign language classes and to those languages’ native speakers, I rolled them with the back of my tongue. Then in practice, I tried to make my Rs sound like very quick and gentle Ds (sometimes even Ls helped, especially with Japanese). For example, that means that word “berry” sounded like the name “Betty” when said quickly. Eventually, I didn’t have to roll my Rs from the back of my tongue. It’s made my Latin sound better.

Now if only I could speak it fluently… Haha.