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If there were hundreds or thousands of very closely related in time and purpose monuments all over England, there would be a more specific name to group those,

If there were hundreds or thousands of very closely related in time and purpose monuments all over England, there would be a more specific name to group those, too. Calling Spomeniki "monuments" is like calling a tractor a "vehicle" -- it's correct, but it's a loss of useful grouping information.

mirimir 7y ago
There are, and they're called henges.
arethuza 7y ago
"very closely related in time and purpose" One example of this are "war memorials" - of which there are about 80 thousand in the UK (villages, towns, districts in cities, some schools). https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials
- twic 7y ago
  Huh! As i was pondering this after posting, war memorials were exactly the example i thought of. It's an interesting comparison, because the simple meaning of the phrase is just a memorial to people who died in war. So, for example, the bomber command memorial [1] is, in that sense, a war memorial. But if you say "war memorial" to a British person, it means something much more specific: a pillar, cross, or obelisk, about ten to twenty feet tall, located at a road junction near the centre of a village or small town, erected after the first or second world war: https://www.wivenhoehistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/War-Memorial-with-wreaths2-1.jpg https://www.wivenhoehistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/1... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command_Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command_Memorial
  - arethuza 7y ago
    Yeah - did wonder about that very precise meaning - there are quite a few other memorials to wars but they are usually qualified in some way "Korean War Memorial" or even for particular units in WW2 such as the superb Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge in the Highlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Memorial

mirimir 7y ago

There are, and they're called henges.

arethuza 7y ago

"very closely related in time and purpose" One example of this are "war memorials" - of which there are about 80 thousand in the UK (villages, towns, districts in cities, some schools). https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials

twic 7y ago
Huh! As i was pondering this after posting, war memorials were exactly the example i thought of. It's an interesting comparison, because the simple meaning of the phrase is just a memorial to people who died in war. So, for example, the bomber command memorial [1] is, in that sense, a war memorial. But if you say "war memorial" to a British person, it means something much more specific: a pillar, cross, or obelisk, about ten to twenty feet tall, located at a road junction near the centre of a village or small town, erected after the first or second world war: https://www.wivenhoehistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/War-Memorial-with-wreaths2-1.jpg https://www.wivenhoehistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/1... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command_Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command_Memorial
- arethuza 7y ago
  Yeah - did wonder about that very precise meaning - there are quite a few other memorials to wars but they are usually qualified in some way "Korean War Memorial" or even for particular units in WW2 such as the superb Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge in the Highlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Memorial