>>Very nice. I think I've mentioned to you that one of my mottoes that I've had made into buttons is Music is my drug of choice.<<
Sooth.
>>Two comments on the Latin: a. I think you slipped on the bananana effect. It's "memento", not "memeMto" (2x). b. "Vela", I think, is not just an interjection like "iō": it means "sails". Vēlum means "a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil* [...] Esp., a sail (in good prose usually in plur.)." (Lewis & Short) * of which it is the etymon<<
I took that direct from the website. It might be incorrect, but I'm reluctant to mess with it unless a more accurate version of the song can be found to quote instead.
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Sooth.
>>Two comments on the Latin:
a. I think you slipped on the bananana effect. It's "memento", not "memeMto" (2x).
b. "Vela", I think, is not just an interjection like "iō": it means "sails". Vēlum means "a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil* [...] Esp., a sail (in good prose usually in plur.)." (Lewis & Short)
* of which it is the etymon<<
I took that direct from the website. It might be incorrect, but I'm reluctant to mess with it unless a more accurate version of the song can be found to quote instead.