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Hallo
again to all.
For
this week's Anglicans Online we offer a pronunciation lesson for North
Americans. Everyone is welcome to listen in. Consider
the words "Inverness" and "Skegness" and "Loch
Ness" (and don't mind such Americanisms as "Eliot Ness").
The "ness" is emphasised fully. The word "Skegness"
is not pronounced "Skegnis", but "Skeg Ness".
Whenever you see a British word ending in "Ness", assume first
that it comes from whatever ancient derivation these words do. And Beowulf
contains words like "Earnaness" and "Hronesness"
so it must be ancient indeed. Why
ever take time to tell you this? Because there are two stories this
week that in our minds go together neatly, and when you tell your friends
about those stories you will need to know how to pronounce the words.
The
first story: Some bishops who are not part of the Episcopal Church in
the USA have consecrated two bishops to  be
sent to the United States. Our News Centre
has this story in detail,
and because it's such critical news, we shall update the News Centre
midweek should anything new develop.
The
second story: Our friends at Ship
of Fools have announced that they are now hosting the web site of
the Diocese of
Foulness and its Bishop, Rodrigo. If you aren't familiar with this
see, well, you really ought to pay a brief visit, if only to lighten
what might be a sombre news week for Anglicans.
The
consecration of bishops against the wishes of the province that they
will be serving in is, as church politics go, an unusually defiant act.
The consecrators have made no secret of their belief that the ECUSA
is apostate and heretical because it tolerates homosexuality, and the
ECUSA position has been that discussion
is better than schism. When you read the News Centre coverage of
this issue, which you should, make sure you follow the link to the essay
"Heresy versus Schism: Which is Worse?"
 We
don't like to say critical things about web sites unless they are produced
by some organisation that would know better, such as a national church
or a rich diocese. But from time to time we like to exclaim about particularly
good web sites. The new web site for the parish of St
Luke in the Fields in New York City is perhaps the best parish web
site we've ever seen. We'd like to congratulate the people who produced
it and encourage all of you to go look at it, so that you can see just
how far a parish web site can go. It was designed by a professional
design company, but so were a lot of the web sites out there that we
aren't talking about. Once you've seen the site you may understand our
tribute to its designers: "Terrific and Humble."
Web
sites occasionally disappear (see our 'Gone
Missing' page for examples), but real-life associations and groups
do as well. Does anyone know what happened to the Warham Guild? This
organisation was formed in England in 1913 to aid in the making of traditional
Anglican vestments (tippets, rochets, chimeres, etc.) for clerics. It
was still extant in 1927. If you know anything of its fate, please
tell us and we'll forward the information to our enquirer.
See
you next week.
Last
updated: 30 January 2000
URL: http://anglicansonline.org
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