Virgin Mary?

David D. Robertson ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Mon Sep 2 14:16:04 UTC 2002


In Kamloops Wawa, you'll mostly read "Tlus Mari" (Good/Blessed Mary).

In relatively few places will you find "virgin" explicitly said in Jargon.
It seems to me that Demers & Blanchet have a vocabulary entry for this
word; "ilo man", "wik komtaks man", or something of that order.

This pattern matches what I recall of Catholic practices.  One mostly
addresses Mary in prayerful request, simply as "Mary".  More rarely, one
refers to her, in which case the phrase "the virgin Mary" is more used.



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