In memory of Captain Moroni
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 31 03:31:15 UTC 2010
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> I find the
>>formulation quite odd.
So do I. Perhaps "in memory of" should be replaced by "in honor of" or
some such.
Wonder whether there's any connection between the angel Captain Moroni
and the song, "Boni Moroni"?
Probably not, though, if the angel's name ben't pronounced [m@'roni].
--
-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain
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