Songs to Ignite the Spirit
May 22, 2011 7:45 PM Subscribe
Please, no mystery meat posts, OK? Tell me what you're linking to, and why, so that I have some idea what I'll find when I get there.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 8:19 PM on May 22, 2011 [16 favorites]
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 8:19 PM on May 22, 2011 [16 favorites]
First and last link are context. Sister Irene's stuff (first three videos) is great. So strange and interesting and catchy.
posted by jsturgill at 8:23 PM on May 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by jsturgill at 8:23 PM on May 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
More posts like this please.
posted by eyeballkid at 8:24 PM on May 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by eyeballkid at 8:24 PM on May 22, 2011 [1 favorite]
The singing nun meets Enya. Or maybe I've had too much Ardbeg. No! Not enough!
posted by Decani at 8:40 PM on May 22, 2011
posted by Decani at 8:40 PM on May 22, 2011
Sing along with Sister Mary Elephant, boys and girls.
posted by Balonious Assault at 9:06 PM on May 22, 2011
posted by Balonious Assault at 9:06 PM on May 22, 2011
Interesting music, puzzling context. I could've done without the bizarre mental images.
posted by neewom at 10:30 PM on May 22, 2011
posted by neewom at 10:30 PM on May 22, 2011
In convent slang, a "cock" is man posing as a nun. In Bhikkhuni culture, the head of the convent (coincidentally, known in slang as a "hen") should not know of the "cock" (although the other nuns may be aware of his presence). If the "cock" is found out, he becomes known as a "roger".
I am not aware of western convent slang for the equivalent of a "cock", so if anyone in this thread can point me in the right direction, it would be great!
posted by KokuRyu at 11:07 PM on May 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
I am not aware of western convent slang for the equivalent of a "cock", so if anyone in this thread can point me in the right direction, it would be great!
posted by KokuRyu at 11:07 PM on May 22, 2011 [2 favorites]
Sister Irene is great, but sadly I've never heard anything besides these three tracks. If somebody has some more, please please share!
posted by mahershalal at 11:45 PM on May 22, 2011
posted by mahershalal at 11:45 PM on May 22, 2011
In convent slang...
Wait, convent slang? Nuns have slang? And one of the words is cock?
posted by londonmark at 3:05 AM on May 23, 2011 [2 favorites]
Wait, convent slang? Nuns have slang? And one of the words is cock?
posted by londonmark at 3:05 AM on May 23, 2011 [2 favorites]
In convent slang, a "cock" is man posing as a nun.
Yeah, are you saying this happens often enough that there is a common slang term for it in the convents? Where? Tell us more about men posing as nuns, and about nuns knowing about them and referring to them as cocks. There's a whole FPP in there somewhere about nun slang and men disguised as nuns and other hanky panky at the convents.
posted by pracowity at 3:35 AM on May 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
Yeah, are you saying this happens often enough that there is a common slang term for it in the convents? Where? Tell us more about men posing as nuns, and about nuns knowing about them and referring to them as cocks. There's a whole FPP in there somewhere about nun slang and men disguised as nuns and other hanky panky at the convents.
posted by pracowity at 3:35 AM on May 23, 2011 [1 favorite]
You should have a word with Sister Josephine , pracowity.
posted by joannemullen at 3:47 AM on May 23, 2011
posted by joannemullen at 3:47 AM on May 23, 2011
If all the very best shaggy dog story type literature of the 14th Century is to be believed, about one nun in five was secretly a man trying to hide in the one place no one would ever think to look for him. So nuns might not need a slang term for a man hiding out in a convent, but if your initials are Giovanni Boccaccio, it might be real handy for you if you gave them a common slang term for it.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 3:53 AM on May 23, 2011
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 3:53 AM on May 23, 2011
Please, no mystery meat posts, OK? Tell me what you're linking to, and why, so that I have some idea what I'll find when I get there.
I think it's pretty obvious, this post is about NUNS and COCK!
posted by Fizz at 5:39 AM on May 23, 2011
I think it's pretty obvious, this post is about NUNS and COCK!
posted by Fizz at 5:39 AM on May 23, 2011
I don't care how much it costs in town, I'm not paying $5 to click that link!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 8:34 AM on May 23, 2011
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 8:34 AM on May 23, 2011
And now MetaFilter is the #1 Google result for "convent slang".
posted by KokuRyu at 1:15 PM on May 23, 2011
posted by KokuRyu at 1:15 PM on May 23, 2011
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