[PW] Phrase or Sentence at end of email

[Eoin C. Bairéad]

Chapeaux, Maître

Eoin

On 07/06/07, John P. Dyson <dyson at indiana.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
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Eoin C. Bairéad
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