Do you pronounce it ''ay-men'' or ''ah-men''?
How do you pronounce ''amen''?
<<Protestants pronounce it "ay-men" and Catholics pronounce it "ah-men.">>
I'm a methodist and I usually pronounce it ''ay-men''.
I'm a methodist and I usually pronounce it ''ay-men''.
Oops. That's the wrong way round.
Catholics pronounce it "ay-men" and Protestants pronounce it "ah-men."
Catholics pronounce it "ay-men" and Protestants pronounce it "ah-men."
This is an extract from an article about vowel sounds -
"Amen, with the broad a, is a symptom of the movement of social pushers into the Protestant Episcopal Church, which serves, as I have hitherto noted, as the chief center of Anglomania in all parts of the country. E. W. Howe tells a story of a little girl whose mother, on acquiring social aspirations, entered this church from the Methodist Church. The father remaining behind, the little girl had to learn to say amen with the flat a when she went to church with her father and amen with the broad a when she went to church with her mother."
http://www.bartleby.com/185/30.html
"Amen, with the broad a, is a symptom of the movement of social pushers into the Protestant Episcopal Church, which serves, as I have hitherto noted, as the chief center of Anglomania in all parts of the country. E. W. Howe tells a story of a little girl whose mother, on acquiring social aspirations, entered this church from the Methodist Church. The father remaining behind, the little girl had to learn to say amen with the flat a when she went to church with her father and amen with the broad a when she went to church with her mother."
http://www.bartleby.com/185/30.html
<<Catholics pronounce it "ay-men" and Protestants pronounce it "ah-men.">>
I don't think the pronunciations are really divided that way. I'm a methodist and I usually pronounce it ''ay-men''.
I don't think the pronunciations are really divided that way. I'm a methodist and I usually pronounce it ''ay-men''.
I have heard both protestants and catholics say "ay-men."
Maybe you've heard Spanish speaking people say "ah-men?" I ask this because Spanish language is one of the sons that Latin language has.
Maybe you've heard Spanish speaking people say "ah-men?" I ask this because Spanish language is one of the sons that Latin language has.
<<Just in case: "amen" is a hebrew word.>>
Yes, César. And it means 'so be it'.
<<Do you pronounce it ''ay-men'' or ''ah-men''?>>
Well, I've always wanted to know. I'm not quite sure about which form was more common. When I am among people who say "ay-men", I say it like that. It depends upon the group of people I'm with.
Yes, César. And it means 'so be it'.
<<Do you pronounce it ''ay-men'' or ''ah-men''?>>
Well, I've always wanted to know. I'm not quite sure about which form was more common. When I am among people who say "ay-men", I say it like that. It depends upon the group of people I'm with.
"Protestants pronounce it 'ay-men' and Catholics pronounce it 'ah-men.'"
I have never heard such tosh in all my life. I am a Catholic and have always pronounced it "ah-men."
I have never heard such tosh in all my life. I am a Catholic and have always pronounced it "ah-men."
I am a Baptist, and we always pronounce it "ay'-men." Originally and traditionally, I would think that it is "ah-men." (don'tknow why...just sounds right...) I am presently trying to do a search from all of the Bibles I can find with produnciation in the Text...so far none are giving any hints.
Glad to see I am not the only one who was curioius...only question is, "Would you be willing to change the way you say it if you found out that it was to be said the other way?"
Glad to see I am not the only one who was curioius...only question is, "Would you be willing to change the way you say it if you found out that it was to be said the other way?"
I'm Protestant and I use both pronunciations, although I prefer ay-men.
I go to protestant churches on Remambrance Sunday Parades and everyone there always seems to say ah-men. When I went to my cousin's christening in a catholic church most the people there said ah-men too.