Comments on: Post-Punk Gastropub

By: Jerry Graham

Jerry Graham — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:04:19 +0000

Hey Dev, I can help you out with that ‘Post’thing. ‘Post-’has been used as a qualifier since at least before the reign of Henry IV. But it didn’t come into its own as a ten dollar word for ‘after,’until more than a century following Benjamin Franklin’s invention of the Post Office.

During the mid-twentieth century, budget cuts and union work rules led to Mail delivery becoming slower and less frequent, (during the 1890′s mail was delivered 3 times a day in New York City). Subsequent to that, it became second nature for people to use ‘Post-’to designate anything that happened either late or ‘after.’

Thus, post-mortem, post-graduate, post-meridian, post-traumatic, post-nasal drip, post-hole, and post-haste (now there’s an oxymoron for you).

My personal favorite is post-mistress. Which refers to a woman postmaster, not an ex-girlfriend as David Letterman might think. I hope this clears the subject up for you.

By: devonpendleton

devonpendleton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:44:10 +0000

Thanks for reading Glicken! You’ve inspired me to keep going. Hope all is well in Chi-town, I want to see you next time you come to NYC, Ken’s not allowed to keep you to himself anymore

By: Posterchild

Posterchild — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:47:09 +0000

Devon,
I hope for your sake your ex-downstairs neighbor isn’t an avid blogger… and for mine that your “post” aversion doesn’t extend to all prefixes such as “ex.” Whether intentional or not, I couldn’t help but chuckle at the double entendre in your title. Nice work. Looking forward to your next post… or post-post? Don’t think that worked but worth a try.

Kevin,
If post = after, then Kevin = erchild

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:26:10 +0000

post = after. nice navel, by the way…