Somehow, It's Funny that Way

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...So now I am thinking about poser and poseur and would have to agree with the author, "The word (poseur) is English poser in French garb, and thus could itself be considered an affectation."

:D digitS'

i read all of that, i did understand it, but now i'm also sure i forgot it. :)
 

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I just used the word "poser" on TEG and thought, "wait, isn't that spelled with a 'u', poseur?" The meaning being to affect an attitude or pose. ;) Look what I found:

"One of the most remarkable facts in F[rench] etymology is the extraordinary substitution whereby the Low Lat. pausare came to mean 'to make to rest, to set,' and so usurped the place of the Lat. ponere, to place, set, with which it has no etymological connection. And this it did so effectually as to restrict the F. pondre, the true equivalent of Lat. ponere, to the sense of 'laying eggs;' whilst in all compounds it completely thrust it aside, so that compausare (i.e. F. composer) took the place of Lat. componere, and so on throughout. Hence the extraordinary result, that whilst the E. verbs compose, depose, impose, propose, &c. exactly represent in sense the Lat. componere, deponere, imponere, proponere, &c., we cannot derive the E. verbs from the Lat. ones since they have (as was said) no real etymological connection. [W.W. Skeat, "Etymological Dictionary of the English Language," 1898]"

So now I am thinking about poser and poseur and would have to agree with the author, "The word (poseur) is English poser in French garb, and thus could itself be considered an affectation."

:D digitS'
o_O:oops::th
So I still don't know which one is the imposter.
 
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