[PW] Phrase or Sentence at end of email

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting "Eoin C. Bairéad" <ebairead at gmail.com>:

> is there a pedantic way of describing the sentence or phrase, often a
> quotation, with which some people end their emails. I used 'Colophon',
> but someone even more pedantic than me  criticised this usage.

Call it an arrière-goût. Your acquaintance's spluttering alone should 
provide you sufficient time for an appropriate rejoinder to inevitable 
criticism.

John Dyson