Don't give us that dictionary stuff.
We don't accept no dictionary as authoritative.
What does the UPC Manual say,
and what does the tradition of the UPC elders say?
I think the Manual would say only holy kisses, and no full body hugs.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Another interpretation assumes X as the crossed arms of a hug and O as the puckered lips of a kiss, as the order is normally spoken "Hugs and Kisses" which would correspond to the order that the x's and o's are written. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...ugs+and+Kisses
As long I receive an abundance of them from my loved ones!!!
__________________ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
As long I receive an abundance of them from my loved ones!!!
I agree!
But, I honestly have to say that I do like this interpretation, which would agree with Margie and Bratti's reference she found.
Quote:
The use of XOXO goes back to the use of an X or cross, which was considered as good as a sworn oath in times before most people could write and therefore used the X in the same way a signature is used today — a mark of one's word. An X at the end of a letter or document was often kissed as a seal of honesty, in much the same way one would kiss a Bible or kiss the fingers after making the sign of the Christian cross. Thus the X came to represent a kiss in modern times.
Still it stands to reason that it needs to follow an order. - XOXO - Hugs and Kisses.
If they had started out with OXOX - Hugs and Kisses, I wouldn't argue the point.
I have to post something that Ted Nugent wrote because he is an avid gun owner and user! LOL!
Quote:
"All riflemen know that the little 5.56 round is a bare minimum caliber for any medium sized big game, but with the 60-grain Black hills soft point in the magazine, a well place shot will indeed do the trick. Watching Rocco practice at the range made me proud. He was Sgt. York-dead-on- at 100 yards every shot, and I knew if he had a crack at this 100-pound boar, the pork chops were as good as grilled. Aim small, miss small."
"And that he did. Young Rocco took a solid rest on his upright knees in a sitting position, the handsome hog paused as it emerged from the wood line, and in a fluid ballet of sniper proficiency, my son snicked off the safety, settled into his sling, slowly exhaled and pow-whoomp! Pork chops, baby!"
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