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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:41 AM
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There are no "merry gentlemen" in that carol.
Oh those pesky commas.

"God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay."

In days of yore if you came upon some
gentlemen (even grumpy gentlemen like Scrooge)
you would greet them by saying,
"God rest you merry."
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-22-09 09:44 AM
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1. Either the guy who wrote "God rest ye merry, Gentlemen"
had an all-male audience or the song is sexist by today's standards IMO.
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