Hymns
After posting my religious musings earlier I was reminded of the old religious joke: why do we say 'amen' and not 'awomen' in church? Because we sing 'hymns' and not 'hers'. Yes, I can hear you groaning from here... Don't worry though, since that was such a bad joke I will refrain from now launching onto a discussion of the inherint sexism of most organised religions.
Alternative punchline:
ReplyDeleteBecause "amen" means "So be it" / "So mote it be", where "awomen" means "warning, sexual pervert alert!".
I'll get me coat...