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greg@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Hossein Ali Qomi (mka Gregory F. Rose)) writes:

>Gwydion asks for the Latin being parodied in MP's Holy Grail:

>>Anyway, it's just for a bit of fun, and I'm tired of writing it out as
>>     "Bee yay ay-zoo dom-ee-nay, dough-na ay ees requi-em <BAM!>
>>      Bee yay ay-zoo dom-ee-nay <BAM!>, dough-na ay ees requiem <BAM!>"
>>when I describe it to others.

>It is:
>	Beate Ihesu, domine, dona eis requiem.
>	Blessed Jesus, lord, give them rest.

>It is from the litany of the Requiem Mass.

>And for your penance for the venial sin of Latin illiteracy... :-)

>Hossein/Greg
>(who feels mighty smug about having to tell one of these Frankish Christians
>what's what about the Latin of the mass...:-)

Oh exhalted learned effendi, perchance you could 
enlighten this poor humble rustic as to the latin text
for a generalized indulgence (the fill in the blank sort
so popular amoungst the unletterd).  Or a pinter to a reference
with such a text.

with many blessings on you and your house
I remain
Nikolai Petrovich


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Pyotr aka Peter D. Hampe : eka pyotr@halcyon.com
Nothing says loving like a bun in the oven.
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