danielhanlon

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   by danielhanlon 2y ago

   How unexpected - beautifully written! It's almost surprising that the quoted passages are so familiar - I hadn't realised how affecting they are. Whilst loving the book I can't consider Brideshead Revisited without thinking o
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   by danielhanlon 7y ago

   Thanks, that’s interesting. Would that, in your experience, also tally with what the faithful think they’re contributing to? I live in the UK and anecdotally would say that here it’s traditionally understood to be a collection for the Pope
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   by danielhanlon 7y ago

   How odd to make out that this is irregular... it’s called Peter’s Pence as in collecting for the chair of St. Peter, i.e. the Pope. It’s the one collection that’s specifically for that, as opposed to countless other Catholic charities.
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   by danielhanlon 8y ago

   Strange-the pronunciation changes that she demonstrates with "hand" seem to be bringing the accent closer to RP English!