"O Canada" Revised
Posted by andyw2100
"O Canada" Revised
Posted by: andyw2100 (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: February 01, 2018 09:50PM
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Canada's Senate has passed a bill making the country's national anthem gender-neutral.
If you're not familiar with the words to "O Canada," here's how the first few lines of the English version originally read: O Canada! / Our home and native land! / True patriot love in all thy sons command.
The bill changes the phrase "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command."
It must now receive "royal assent" from the governor general before it becomes law.
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Canada's Senate has passed a bill making the country's national anthem gender-neutral.
If you're not familiar with the words to "O Canada," here's how the first few lines of the English version originally read: O Canada! / Our home and native land! / True patriot love in all thy sons command.
The bill changes the phrase "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command."
It must now receive "royal assent" from the governor general before it becomes law.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2018 09:52PM by andyw2100.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.102.128.104.res-cmts.sm.ptd.net)
Date: February 01, 2018 10:24PM
I for one will continue to sing the current lyrics. Political correctness be damned!
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Roy 82 (128.18.14.---)
Date: February 02, 2018 12:49AM
Jeff Hopkins '82
I for one will continue to sing the current lyrics. Political correctness be damned!
Why? I gladly welcome the more inclusive lyrics since it makes many people feel better and does no harm to me.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: redliner (---.hsd1.wa.comcast.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 02:23AM
Roy 82
Jeff Hopkins '82
I for one will continue to sing the current lyrics. Political correctness be damned!
Why? I gladly welcome the more inclusive lyrics since it makes many people feel better and does no harm to me.
I think he was being sarcastic. Though, you can never quite tell on the internet...
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 02:27AM
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.102.128.104.res-cmts.sm.ptd.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 06:45AM
redliner
Roy 82
Jeff Hopkins '82
I for one will continue to sing the current lyrics. Political correctness be damned!
Why? I gladly welcome the more inclusive lyrics since it makes many people feel better and does no harm to me.
I think he was being sarcastic. Though, you can never quite tell on the internet...
No, I was serious.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.239.191.68.cl.cstel.com)
Date: February 02, 2018 07:40AM
Jeff Hopkins '82
redliner
Roy 82
Jeff Hopkins '82
I for one will continue to sing the current lyrics. Political correctness be damned!
Why? I gladly welcome the more inclusive lyrics since it makes many people feel better and does no harm to me.
I think he was being sarcastic. Though, you can never quite tell on the internet...
No, I was serious.
But why? Why would you go against what a country and its people want? If they change their anthem and if you want to support our Canadian players, why wouldn't you sing what they say is their anthem?
Putting it another way, if you were standing next to a player from Canada and the two of you were singing, would you really go against the words that he, or she, were using?
What we sing is not an issue of political correctness, but rather respect for their country and their, not our, wishes.
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Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: toddlose (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 09:09AM
Jim Hyla
Jeff Hopkins '82
redliner
Roy 82
Jeff Hopkins '82
I for one will continue to sing the current lyrics. Political correctness be damned!
Why? I gladly welcome the more inclusive lyrics since it makes many people feel better and does no harm to me.
I think he was being sarcastic. Though, you can never quite tell on the internet...
No, I was serious.
But why? Why would you go against what a country and its people want? If they change their anthem and if you want to support our Canadian players, why wouldn't you sing what they say is their anthem?
Putting it another way, if you were standing next to a player from Canada and the two of you were singing, would you really go against the words that he, or she, were using?
What we sing is not an issue of political correctness, but rather respect for their country and their, not our, wishes.
How do you know what the people want? Was it voted on?
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Give My Regards (98.159.213.---)
Date: February 02, 2018 09:16AM
toddlose
Jim Hyla
Jeff Hopkins '82
redliner
Roy 82
Jeff Hopkins '82
I for one will continue to sing the current lyrics. Political correctness be damned!
Why? I gladly welcome the more inclusive lyrics since it makes many people feel better and does no harm to me.
I think he was being sarcastic. Though, you can never quite tell on the internet...
No, I was serious.
But why? Why would you go against what a country and its people want? If they change their anthem and if you want to support our Canadian players, why wouldn't you sing what they say is their anthem?
Putting it another way, if you were standing next to a player from Canada and the two of you were singing, would you really go against the words that he, or she, were using?
What we sing is not an issue of political correctness, but rather respect for their country and their, not our, wishes.
How do you know what the people want? Was it voted on?
According to the article, the bill was passed by the House of Commons and the Senate. So yes, at least the people's representatives did.
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Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Trotsky (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 09:54AM
Stop. Please stop. Everybody please just stop.
Hell is other people's politics. Please keep eLynah free of politics.
Hell is other people's politics. Please keep eLynah free of politics.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: cufan (---.hsd1.fl.comcast.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 10:50AM
Hell is other people's politics. Please keep eLynah free of politics.
Thank You
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Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: underskill (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 11:48AM
Trudeau sucks and nobody cares or asked for this.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: ugarte (---.177.169.163.ipyx-102276-zyo.zip.zayo.com)
Date: February 02, 2018 12:35PM
lolTrotsky
Stop. Please stop. Everybody please just stop.
Hell is other people's politics. Please keep eLynah free of politics.
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Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: French Rage (38.99.127.---)
Date: February 02, 2018 05:07PM
Sing it the new way. Sing it the old way. No one will be paying enough attention to notice.
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Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: BearLover (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 02, 2018 08:39PM
A lot of people cared and asked for this, actually. You can disagree but I'm not really sure where you get the impression no one cares.underskill
Trudeau sucks and nobody cares or asked for this.
Well, it's quite simple, really. If you let Obama change the lyrics so that more people feel included, the logical next step is him taking away our AR-15s
But why? Why would you go against what a country and its people want? If they change their anthem and if you want to support our Canadian players, why wouldn't you sing what they say is their anthem?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2018 09:04PM by BearLover.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: February 04, 2018 11:08AM
Years ago I came across a lyric sheet for O Canada from when my great grandfather was in the Canadian army in WW I, and there were a number of differences to the current version. IIRC the cross and sword stuff was there, in the English version.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2018 11:28AM
jtwcornell91
Years ago I came across a lyric sheet for O Canada from when my great grandfather was in the Canadian army in WW I, and there were a number of differences to the current version. IIRC the cross and sword stuff was there, in the English version.
The history.
The earliest English version:
O Canada! Our fathers’ land of old
Thy brow is crown’d with leaves of red and gold.
Beneath the shade of the Holy Cross
Thy children own their birth
No stains thy glorious annals gloss
Since valour shield thy hearth.
Almighty God! On thee we call
Defend our rights, forfend this nation’s thrall,
Defend our rights, forfend this nation’s thrall.
1880, en français:
O Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l’épée, Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempe,
Protègera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protègera nos foyers et nos droits.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2018 11:29AM by Trotsky.
Re: "O Canada" Revised
Posted by: JohnF81 (---.nycmny.east.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2018 04:59PM
The best Canadian anthem version was Roger Doucet at the Montreal Forum when he sang "we stand on guard for rights and liberty"
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