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Re: "Amen Corner" in New Yorker "Conclusive Evidence" (fwd)
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From: rhoden@interport.net
This southerner agrees that "amen corner" is a reference to the practice of
"amen-ing" in Southern churches, but doubts the phrase comes from the
churches themselves. The amens aren't limited to a corner. There's an
association with "corner" as in a boxing corner--a place where the
loyalists stand.
I'm more inclined to think it's a newspaper-coined phrase.
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This southerner agrees that "amen corner" is a reference to the practice of
"amen-ing" in Southern churches, but doubts the phrase comes from the
churches themselves. The amens aren't limited to a corner. There's an
association with "corner" as in a boxing corner--a place where the
loyalists stand.
I'm more inclined to think it's a newspaper-coined phrase.
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My online portfolio at its new simpler address:
http://www.interport.net/~rhoden/portfolio