OoP_Black's Family Motto

[pickle_jimmy]

No: HPFGUIDX 66340

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, phoenixtears288 at c... wrote:
> I was re-reading the book again, and came upon the Black's Family 
Motto. "Toujours Pur". Then I was inspired to figure out what it 
means. Stupid as I was, I first looked it up under a Latin 
Dictionary. Where that got nowhere, I looked the words up under a 
French Dictionary. Here's what I found: 
> 
>  ~Toujours~
> 
>   always
>   1. en tous temps [v], toujours [v]
> 
> ever
>   1. jadis [adv], un jour [adv]
>   2. en tous temps [v], toujours [v]
> 
> increasingly
>   1. de plus en plus [v], toujours plus [v]
> 
> more and more
>   1. de plus en plus [v], toujours plus [v]
> 
> OK, so it's safe to say Toujours means "forever" as for "Pur": 
> 
>   gruel
>   1. bouillie [M], purée
> 
> mere
>   1. pur [adj]
> 
> mess
>   1. bouillie [M], purée
> 
> mush
>   1. bouillie [M], purée
> 
> simple
>   1. pur [adj], simple [adj]
> 
> sole
>   1. pur [adj]
>   2. plante, plante du pied
>   3. semelle
>   4. seul [adj]
>   5. sole
> 
> solitary
>   1. pur [adj]
>   2. seul [adj]
> 
> straightforward
>   1. pur [adj], simple [adj]
> 
> OK, this one wasn't as easy as the last one. From what I 
conclude, "Pur" in the Motto means "alone".  
> 
>  So the motto is "Forever Alone." Hmm... anyone have a theory? 
> 
>   ~Paige Woods


And "Ever Pure" or "Forever Pure" didn't come to you??

Wouldn't it be obvious from Mrs Black's abuse of non-purebloods that 
their motto may have something to do with Pure?

Just a thought

Pickle Jimmy