Hi Mark
Exactly 10 years ago today, in Blenheim (Marlborough NZ) you broke the news to me that my yachting hero Sir Peter Blake had been killed in Brazil.
It seems like yesterday
AB
OT - In Memorium (Attn Mark Lipton)
Dec 06, 2011
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Indeed, Comrade Champers Pinko. Let's make a point of toasting his memory in the not too distant future.
Mark Lipton
I'll join the toast, mister Gosh-caviar (as they would pronounce it around here).
Mike Socialist for Sarkozy
I have to admit that it gave me a start (I was on phone and half paying attn) when my brain registered "in memorium Mark Lipton"
LOL!! If you think that that particular misreading gave *you* a start...
;-) Mark Lipton ("I'm not dead yet!")
So Mark, are you channeling that other Mark (Twain)?
to put this "on topic" I do believe that a glass or two of Calaveras County wine is in order.
Forgive this European, but is 'In memorium' American English? That gave me a start... :-)
Anders
It is certainly American in usage, but coming from our good mate from down under, I would surmise it is fairly universal despite its Latin look, for" in memory of".
"Joseph Coulter" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
Oh - American Latin? Here we stick to European Latin and say 'In memoriam'...
Anders
What Anders is referring to, I suspect, is that proper Latin would have it as "in memoriAm" not "in memoriUm," but as you say it's a common error in the English-speaking world. Using this high tech tool:
we can see that the proper term outnumbers the improper one 4.6 million to 0.2 million on the Web, which I suppose is reassuring.
Mark Lipton
No, it is a misspelling here too.
Confessing that I didn't even recognize a problem. I have lifted the following from a google search note even a movie shows the "odd" spelling
In Memorium (2005) - IMDb
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Rating: 7.8/10 - 60 votes What's scarier than dying? Directed by Amanda Gusack. Starring Erik McDowell, Johanna Watts, Levi Powell. In Memoriam - Jerry Garcia hake.com/gordon/garcia.html Aug 9, 1995 – IN MEMORIAM. Jerome John Garcia. Jerry Garcia... August
1, 1942 - August 9, 1995. Jerry Garcia left us on Wednesday, August the 9th. ...
Show map of 409 Clayton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 In Memorium - The Sleeping Giant Park Association
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In Memorium. With great sadness we note the passing of several friends and long time supporters of our park. We gratefully acknowledge the following ... in memoriam: Definition from Answers.com
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› Library › Literature & Language in memoriam prep. In memory of; as a memorial to. Used especially in epitaphs. [From Latin in memoriam , to the memory (of) : in , in, into
+. In Memorium: Oscars Remember Those They've Lost, Except For ...
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.../in-memorium-oscars-remember-those-theyve-l... Mar 8, 2010 – The visual tribute to Hollywood's fallen is one of a very few nonnegotiable Oscar rituals. This year's montage was noteworthy for a few reasons. In Memoriam, Krissy Taylor
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The official tribute, produced by her family, with biography, career summary and personal recollections. In Memorium - Human Rights and the Drug War
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For an online article about the Drug War Body Count, click here. In Memory of Civilian Casualties of the Drug War. While this gallery discusses known cases of ... In Memorium - Burbank and Burroughs Memorial Pages
"Joseph Coulter" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...
I found this amazing enough to try to find an explanation... It seems to me that meanings are different in this way:
In memorium= In the mind In memoriam= In memory of (Keeping in the mind)
Anybody knowing a latin expert?
Anders
Ego americanum absolvo.
The -ium ending does not exist in the first declension.
Mike
1970 Province of Quebec Latin translation competition winner not an expertshouldn't that be Ego Newzealandum absolvo?
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