but all the 'o's in Bogoroditse are still 'o's - Russian vowel decay does not apply.
It was some of the grammar that was changed several centuries ago, not the pronunciation. You do now hear Russian choirs and clergy use a pronunciation closer to modern Russian. This seems to be an innovation over the last 50 years.
Boldly Ruining Other People's Languages is a feature of church choirs.
The local rabbi was generous in their assessment of local efforts at Hebrew. Appropriate I'd say, when the efforts were devout and well intentioned.
I reckon several here will have had fun with Old Church Slavic in Bogoroditse Devo
(Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil) - perhaps a smaller pool of people to offend with that one!
Heron
I once heard an amateur contralto soloist render all the eszetts (ßs) in a piece of Bach as Bs.
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It was some of the grammar that was changed several centuries ago, not the pronunciation. You do now hear Russian choirs and clergy use a pronunciation closer to modern Russian. This seems to be an innovation over the last 50 years.
I once heard an amateur contralto soloist render all the eszetts (ßs) in a piece of Bach as Bs.