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Ok, for as long as I have been writing letters (and notes in school) I always seem to forget something and will add a little amendment to the end of my note and start it with PS.
This begs the question What does these two letters really stand for? I have heard a few different possibilities but none really quite work. So I ask the smartest people I know this: What does PS mean? Thank you kindly.
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OK OK...lol This question isn't as dumb as it sounds. I asked because this question popped up in a dinner conversation early last week and I really didn't have an answer right off but everyone else apparently did! I heard it was an abbreviated French word and a few other suggestions that now, apparently were not correct. Thank you both for the info. |
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I also remember it being referred to as Post Salutation when I was a kid. I'll bet different generations call it different things. |
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P.S. is from Latin Post Scriptum and it means something you add to a letter after you have signed it.
Gilles Le Timbre
P.S. it is same abbreviation in English or French |
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PS stands for Postal Stationery. It means something which most stamp collectors add to their collection as an afterthought. In French it is 'Entires'. |
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Although it's seldom used anymore, don't forget there's also "P.P.S." representing an additional post script after the first "P.S." was concluded. |
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I love stamp, you are correct. Born in Quebec city, > half a century's ago....and my main stamp interest is Canada's Jacques Cartier stamps |
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Posted 08/28/2013 05:52 am
