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]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > [log in to unmask] > > ----- 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 > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html