WoT in English

BillT, on 28 February 2011 - 05:38 AM, said: In English, an aware given to a hero who died is called "posthumous", not "post-mortem".
"Post mortem" does mean "after death", but it's used more clinically. Doctors do a post mortem exam of a corpse, or businessmen do a "post mortem" when a project is finished.
"He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously."
"He was awarded a posthumous Silver Star."
Bill