memorial sign

[sagehen]

>A. Maberry said:
>>On the outskirts of Seattle there is a very large billboard that reads in
>>part:
>>
>>In memorial September 11, 2001
>>
>>How common is "In memorial" and is becoming a common substitute for "In
>>memoriam" (which sounds far more natural to me)?
>>
>
>Not at all, as afar as I know. This sounds like a typo (or, worse, blind
>adherence to a spell-checker's suggestions), writ *very* large.
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Maybe it's a conscious avoidance of the Latin. It's a little odd, but
probably  not unacceptable. Sort of like In Recognition.
A. Murie