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Re: Quadra- Quad- 4-by- 400-
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"Lonny J. Watro" <[log in to unmask]>
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Oh who cares. I think Randy gets to have literary

privilege here and gets to use "quad" as slang for his title. Most people
know that "quad" means 4. Even the middle school kids I taught knew it. I'm
a mathematician and it doesn't bother me one bit if he uses quad as his
prefix.  I say if it fits your music use quad. But that's just a dumb
mathematician's opinion. What do I know about music - or the proper use of
the English language for that matter? LOL.



Lonny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: Quadra- Quad- 4-by- 400-


> I'm afraid it doesn't help your cause, Randy, but it appears that the
> "official" (read: Oxford English Dictionary) term is: quatercentenary.
>
> Which I actually rather like, I confess.
>
> Just be glad we passed the quasquibicentennial (225th).  :)
>
> --Eric
>
> Eric D. M. Johnson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 2:32 PM
> Subject: Quadra- Quad- 4-by- 400-
>
>
> Inspired by a CD of the 1907 and 1957 Jamestowne commissioned music that I
> picked up last week down there, I have decided to apply my creative juices
> to writing a march.  The easy part is roughing it out and entering the
> notes.  I have scheduled lotsa drums and trumpets, horns and rippling
> piccolos......   The hard part is picking a title, and I need some
> academic
> help here.
>
> The logical title is:
>
>                                    "The Jamestowne Quadracentennial March"
>
> But the extra syllable in Quadra eliminates the 'flow' that we have with
> 'Centennial', 'BiCentennial' and 'TerCentennial'.
>
> Is there another Greek, Latin, or English prefix which means '4' and
> sounds
> better than 'Quadra'.  A free copy of the march for your favorite high
> school, college, or community band to the winner.
>
> Randy Cabell
>
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