A term for the sort of comment appearing as footnote in each of Wort’s and Corky’s postings <link removed> Thus I’d like to say, “I don’t use a —— because I haven’t yet learned how to initiate it" Warning: Owing to the newness of its digital modernity there may be no such term
you seem to mean 'non sequitur'... that is, an extraneous/off the cuff comment/quip that doesn't relate to the subject at hand... and it's far from new or modern, a literary device that's been in use for centuries, if not millennia...
I have not the foggiest clue what you're asking. What is it you think they're doing that there should be a word for? They seem to be using footnotes to make some kind of aside, but owing to the written medium of this conversation there isn't really a name for it in speech, i.e. as a rhetorical device, because it cannot be replacated easily other than by using footnotes.
I think those are just "signatures" or, more colloquially, "siggies." They're the way people sign their posts.
Thank you Min most kindly, guess tht’s about as close as we can come Thank you Mamma but it doesn’t quite convey the idea since a siggy is often a sequitur Sorry about that Kal. Others don’t seem confused Using a siggy Again thanks Kal but you might clarify a bit
it means that it's such a recently started technique, a specific word may not have been coined for it yet...
Warning: Owing to the newness of its digital modernity there may be no such term Because Internet is a relatively late development, Cac, there may yet be no word for the signature as used in forum postings (see Mamma’s post above, more succinct and with greater clarity)
