Re: A..J.--You're being redundant!

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK a 'proprietorship' entails certain legal obligations for a business, not 
the quite the same as 'limited' or 'incorporated'. 

Ken Ames

Quoting Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> " From: TABunsey@xxxxxxx
> " 
> "  Andre:
> " In all of your posts you end your message as below:
> " 
> " Andre " A.J." Jacobs,
> " > web page http://southtexasamc.tripod.com
> " > (830)-980-3165 , akjamc@xxxxxxxx
> " > 
> " > Owner & Proprietor, South Texas AMC
> " 
> " At the risk of sounding like an English major (which I am not), I
> " find it distressing when people use words inproperly. Specefically,
> " I am refering to your phrase "Owner & Proprieter".
> " 
> " We all know what the word "Owner" means,
> " 
> " but do you understand what "Proprieter" actually means?
> " 
> " My college dictionary defines "Proprieter" as: "1. One with legal
> " title to something: owner. 2. The owner or owner-manager, as of a
> " business".
> " 
> " So by saying "Owner & Proprieter", you are actually saying that you
> " are the "owner and the owner and the manager". 
> 
> it's old-fashioned legalese, like 'cease and desist', and dates back
> to the norman conquest when official documents had to be written in
> both saxon english and norman french, so that everyone could read and
> understand them.  you'll find that 'owner' [the shorter] has saxon
> roots while 'proprietor' [the longer] has french ones.
> 
> i find it morbidly amusing that we're still doing this nearly a
> millennium later.
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