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>Hydra, though I have perforce read your signature line many times, I still don't understand it. Would you explain and/or source it?
It's a dictum from the Turba Philosophorum (or Turba Philosopkorum), a twelfth century text on alchemy.
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Is perforce a portmanteau word?
I think a portmanteau word you take a little bit of one word and a little bit of another and kinda smoosh them together. Perforce is two whole complete words whanged one right up next to each other.
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>explain and/or source it?
And as to its meaning, Herman Hesse provides the clue when he states: "It is an old idea that the more pointedly and logically we formulate a thesis, the more irresistibly it cries out for its antithesis."
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two whole complete words whanged one right up next to each other
Same with French à propos when it got Englished.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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the more pointedly and logically we formulate a thesis, the more irresistibly it cries out for its antithesis."
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whanged one right up next to each other So this is an official grammatical term, right?
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So it's like that, is it?
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Even the greatest signature gets boring after about 225 posts.
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It must be like having a conversation with someone who finishes every sentence by saying "...but you must know that we are all in agreement, whatever we say." He he. I totally agree. Bye-bye signature.
Last edited by Hydra; 02/02/07 11:41 AM.
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I agree that no signature is immune from becoming trite and boring. Especially when you are an active poster. In my "professional" email signature line I have a list of over 30 which I rotate. (Perhaps I should stop being lazy and do the same here)
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