How do you pronounce “laud”?
  • CatholicZ09
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    I’m listening to the Palm Sunday Mass from my diocese’s cathedral, and the cantor this morning sang “laud” as “loud” throughout the hymn. I’ve always sung it as “lawd,” but now I’m wondering if “loud” is actually more accurate since the word itself is derived from Latin.

    This isn’t an isolated instance, either. I’ve heard similar in other instances.
  • MatthewRoth
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    No I don’t think that loud is a homophone of laud in most varieties of English and certainly not in what I want from singers.
  • Liam
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    Click on the pronunciation for confirmation: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laud
  • GerardH
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    Applaud, auditory and August are all derived Latin too
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  • NoahLovinsNoahLovins
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    Au is in fact a dipthong in Latin (Ah-oo). See Liber Usualis p. xxxvij
  • GerardH
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    Yes, but not in English.
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  • monasteryliturgistmonasteryliturgist
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    Loud= Latin Pronunciation as in Laudate
    Lawd= English Pronunciation as in Lauds
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  • NoahLovinsNoahLovins
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    OP was unclear if hewas referring to English or Latin. I assumed Latin.
  • tandrews
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    This came to mind immediately: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GGhnUxoucbo
  • CatholicZ09
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    So- in an English hymn, like “All Glory, Laud, and Honor,” it should be pronounced as “lawd,” but if singing in Latin, it would sound more like “loud” is what I’m picking up.
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  • NoahLovinsNoahLovins
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    That is correct @CatholicZ09
  • SponsaChristi
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    L oww d. “Oww” as in “oww, that hurt!”
  • Liam
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    SC

    Are you indicating that you believe that is the correct *English* pronuncation of "Laud(s)" (which is an English word, not a Latin word, albeit evolved from Latin (like crucifix))? Or just punning about how bad such a pronunciation would be?
  • SponsaChristi
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    Are you indicating that you believe that is the correct *English* pronuncation of "Laud(s)" (which is an English word, not a Latin word

    No. I’m still stuck in Latin mode and can still hear my chorus director yelling out over-exaggerated Latin pronunciations, the most common being “exaudisti” and was thinking the declensions of “laus” that use “laud”.

    The English pronunciation depends on whether you’re using American English or British English,
  • francis
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    I laud (loud) you all!
  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
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    Leave laudness to the Methodists.
  • Liam
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    Quoting yourself again!
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