Two Requests

[Jean Culassec]

I just moved to the US (Virginia) from Belgium. I have two requests:

1 - How do I join ARMA? And where is the nearest group where I could find practice partners? I am in Northern Virginia, town not yet 100% selected (around Vienna, though).

2 - Could someone PLEASE correct the In Memoriam to poor Mr. Oakeshott, which has been bugging me for years as misspelled "in memorium"?

Thanks

Jean

[JeremyDillon]

Welcome!

[Ben Strickling]

Hi Jean,

Welcome. ARMA DC is probably going to be the closest study group to the area where you're moving, and we'd be glad to have you drop by our practices. I'll send you a PM with the specifics.

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Ben Strickling
ARMA DC Study Group Leader

[Jake_Norwood]

Hi Jean.

My Latin's a little rusty, but I think it is in memoriam...it's certainly not in memorium! That's not even a Latin phrase at all.

Here's why:

[warning! lingua-geek tirade follows; if you don't know what cases are most of this won't make sense]

in = into (accusative) or in (ablative)
memoria = feminine noun, singular, "memory" or "remembrance"

in memoria + am (accusative) = in memoriam = "into remembrance"

as opposed to

in + memoria + [long a] (ablative) = "in remembrance"

Clearly the accusative case is the standard for this sort of thing, as with Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "IN MEMORIAM A. H. H." This is appropriate since the accusative case implies motion, and here we're wishing Oakeshott's name into the annals of history, not just stating that it's allready there.

See
http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/lang/ln1.html
http://www.informalmusic.com/latinsoc/prep.html
http://charon.sfsu.edu/tennyson/inmemoriam.html

Thanks,

Jake
(Who was a linguist by trade, once upon a time)

[Allen Johnson]

my head hurts
that actually is interesting though, thanks Jake.

[Scott Hanson]

Jake, I believe Jean was agreeing with what you said. The site currently has "In Memorium" and Jean was requesting that it be changed to "In Memoriam".

[Jean Culassec]

Thanks, Scott. Yes, that was my point.

Also, it appears that Mr. Oakeshott's name has been misspelled (you need to add another "t" at the end).

Wow! There's an ARMA DC? Do they practice German Longsword, which is my area of interest?

[Shane Smith]

Thanks, Scott. Yes, that was my point.

Also, it appears that Mr. Oakeshott's name has been misspelled (you need to add another "t" at the end).

Wow! There's an ARMA DC? Do they practice German Longsword, which is my area of interest?

Yes , I believe they do. Ben is a good Swordsman and you'll be in good hands with him I'm sure.

Also, feel free to visit us in VAB on occassion.

[Ben Strickling]

Thanks, Shane. Since you mention it, I've actually been meaning to try to find some time to swing down to practice with you guys one weekend, but it looks like it will have to be sometime after the holidays.

Jean: Yes, our focus is German Longsword. We look forward to having you at practice.

[Jake_Norwood]

Jake, I believe Jean was agreeing with what you said. The site currently has "In Memorium" and Jean was requesting that it be changed to "In Memoriam".

D'OH!!!

Okay, my bad, heh.

Sorry Jean--should have read your post twice.

Jake