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Thread #23657   Message #264580
Posted By: oggie
25-Jul-00 - 06:46 PM
Thread Name: Help: on Biblical English: pronunciation of 'shew'
Subject: RE: Help: on Byblical English
I asked my son, who is a chorister, and depending on the choir master it can be SHOW or SHOE. Seems to be no hard and fast rule and he has sung it both ways. It's like other works in the English choral tradition - pronunciations can be adjusted to fit the music and the rhyme.

All the best

Steve