[s15e16] Blood And Water -

: Meredith finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between Alex Karev (who is skeptical) and Andrew DeLuca (who is desperate to support his father), leading to significant tension in her new relationship with Andrew. Other Key Subplots

: Levi Schmidt grapples with his internal conflict over coming out to his family about his relationship with Nico. [S15E16] Blood and Water

The episode introduces a bizarre and ethically complex project led by Andrew DeLuca’s father, Vincenzo. : Meredith finds herself caught in the middle

: The episode features distinct cases focused on genetics, including a "freak cancer occurrence" in a professional baseball player and a case involving two fathers with a moody teenage daughter. [S15E16] Blood and Water

2 thoughts on “How to pronounce Benjamin Britten’s “Wolcum Yule””

  1. It is Wolcum Yoll – never Yule. Still is Yoll in the Nordic areas. Britten says “Wolcum Yole” even in the title of the work! God knows I’ve sung it a’thusand teems or lesse!
    Wanfna.

    1. Hi! Thanks for reading my blog post. I think Britten might have thought so, and certainly that’s how a lot of choirs sing it. I am sceptical that it’s how it was pronounced when the lyric was written I.e 14th century Middle English – it would be great to have it confirmed by a linguistic historian of some sort but my guess is that it would be something between the O of oats and the OO of balloon, and that bears up against modern pronunciation too as “Yule” (Jül) is a long vowel. I’m happy to be wrong though – just not sure that “I’m right because I’ve always sung it that way” is necessarily the right answer

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