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minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 days agoI’m not a native English speaker, but should it be called “anniversary”? I thought it’s only for something to be celebrate?
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·10 days agoWe have no other word for a date remembered yearly.
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 days agoIt can be, but anniversary just means the date an event took place. So an anniversary could be for the day a couple met, or it could be for the day of a loved one’s passing. Either works.
I’m not a native English speaker, but should it be called “anniversary”? I thought it’s only for something to be celebrate?
We have no other word for a date remembered yearly.
It can be, but anniversary just means the date an event took place.
So an anniversary could be for the day a couple met, or it could be for the day of a loved one’s passing. Either works.
Probably “memorial”