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. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > > > >