2007-07-15 12:36:47 · 9 answers · asked by PinK PrinCesS 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Postscript [it's one word]. Totally archaic nowadays. It was obsolete even before computers, and it certainly has no use today. Back when the only way to communicate in writing was to, well, write, people couldn't cut and paste or insert copy wherever and whenever they wanted to. So, after writing an entire letter and signing off, they'd think of something more they wanted to add. The only way to do that was to introduce the additional afterthought message with "post (after) script (the main writing)" or, more often, just the abbreviation "P.S." after their signature.
But, P.S. has a new meaning nowadays that is contrived. Sort of when people want to add emphasis to whatever the P.S. message is. Advertisers, for example, do this a lot. It's not really a postscript afterthought, because it is well thought out in advance and, in fact, designed and intentional. That's why it looks so phony and silly.
P.S. I just made all this up. KIDDING!!
2007-07-15 15:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by Canebrake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post Script
2007-07-15 12:51:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post Script
2007-07-15 12:39:23 · answer #3 · answered by brendakate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P.S.=Post Script
2007-07-15 13:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by tercentenary98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post Script, meaning an afterthought.
2007-07-15 12:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by whiner_cooler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
post script - it means "after writing", i.e. after the main body of the letter
2007-07-15 12:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
post script
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2007-07-15 12:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
postage stamp if on the envelope or post script
2007-07-15 12:45:01 · answer #8 · answered by bri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post Stantial
atleast that was what I was told a long time ago
2007-07-15 12:39:29 · answer #9 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋