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Post by staffs on Jun 2, 2005 19:20:36 GMT
Does that include an Englishman going to a Scottish Lodge meeting ? also a foreign language and Incomprehendable to me as well as Geordies
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Post by mrmason on Jun 2, 2005 20:33:16 GMT
Lee, if you think that's hard you should try being a jock visiting a lodge in Aberdeen, I sat in a lodge in Antwerp a few years ago where no one spoke any English. The Master told me in "pidgeon" English to speak in my own language and say what I wanted to. At the end of my speech the brother sitting next to me spouted "nae too bad big man I think they got the jist" He was a brother from Dundee who had lived and worked in Belgium for about 10 years as an interpreter. Didn't help much as he left straight after the meeting and left me to drink several toasts with my Belgium counterparts. It's amazing how many languages you can speak after several "nippy sweeties" ;D
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Post by ingo on Jun 3, 2005 8:58:19 GMT
Mr.Mason: So you had a great time then! ;D
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Post by ingo on Jun 3, 2005 9:23:46 GMT
Took part at french lodge meetings in Luxemburg, France and even in Germany, where some lodges of the Grand Orient de France exist. No problem.
But as I live in Heidelberg, that means near the western border of Germany to France, we learn French in school.
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Post by ingo on Jun 3, 2005 9:25:34 GMT
And I attended a english lodge meeting, the initiation of an american professor into a german co-masonic lodge. The ritual was translated from German into English before.
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Post by middlepillar on Jun 5, 2005 15:37:13 GMT
Yes
Provincial Grand Lodge in France (Both Craft and Mark) As well as Grand Lodge in France! (I undestood about 60% of what was going on!)
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Post by giovanni on Jun 7, 2005 10:19:52 GMT
Never, but twice we had English speaking Brethren visiting the Lodge and many Brethren debated in Italian, translating their words into English immediately after.
We had, instead, an American visitor who could understand Italian: the papers having been previously translated into English, he debated the theme and somebody then translated his words.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 11:20:05 GMT
I hear that the 1° initiation is a lot different than most English 1° initiations.
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Post by magusmasonica on Jan 19, 2010 17:57:23 GMT
I was raised in Italy. I was surprised how much I actually understood. The language without words so to speak.
I did read the ritual in English afterwords though, just to let everything sink in.
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Post by mohan on Nov 21, 2017 3:20:36 GMT
Does that include an Englishman going to a Scottish Lodge meeting ? also a foreign language and Incomprehendable to me as well as Geordies I have attended a Lodge that conducts rituals in Tamil, one of the oldest languages in the world. It is named after a great Tamil Poet, called Bharathi!!
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