momentous memento

[Oberon]

Just a short rant from a picky reader/listener. There is no such thing, to my knowledge, as a "momento," and Word agrees. Memento, from memory, memorial, et al.

[Matera the Mad]

omg, a new one

sobs unconsolably over the corpse of verbal communication

[absitinvidia]

Just a short rant from a picky reader/listener. There is no such thing, to my knowledge, as a "momento," and Word agrees. Memento, from memory, memorial, et al.

at least not in English :-)

[IdiotsRUs]

edit: jeez I should wake up this morning

[Jo]

From Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/memento)

me·men·to http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif (http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/M02/M0290800) Audio Help (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/audio.html) /məˈmɛnhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngtoʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[muh-men-toh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -tos, -toes. 1. an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir. 2. anything serving as a reminder or warning. 3. (initial capital letter, italicshttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png) Roman Catholic Church. either of two prayers in the canon of the Mass, one for persons living and the other for persons dead.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L mementō, impv. of meminisse to rememberhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png]

—Usage note Memento is sometimes spelled momento, perhaps by association with moment. The word is actually related to remember. One of its earliest meanings was “something that serves to warn.” The meaning “souvenir” is a recent development: The stone animal carvings are mementos of our trip to Victoria. Momento is considered by many to be a misspelling, but it occurs so frequently in edited writing that some regard it as a variant spelling rather than an error.


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