OFFTOPIC: *-ly y'rs,

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

"Andrew M. Kuchling" wrote:
> 
> Agent Drek <drek at MonsterByMistake.Com> writes:
> > Where did they come from and are they patented :)
> > How can one join the signoff-ly club?
> 
> The first occurrence, at least in the python-list archives, was quite
> a while ago:
> 
>   in-any-case-the-best-christmas-present-i-got-today!-ly y'rs - tim
>         -- Tim Peters, 29 Dec 91
> 
> I imagine Tim probably used this on other mailing lists before
> python-list.
> 

One thing to be careful of, as Tim himself may point out, is the
placement of the apostrophe.  Many people mistakenly position it as if
for a possessive:  yr's.  This is, however, incorrect, as the
construction functions as a contraction for "yours", which is not a
possessive.  Thus, the correct format is: y'rs, Agent Drek.

<and-where-is-agent-dross?>-ly y'rs,
Ivan;-)
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