"Toujours pur" - Black family motto?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 113934


Kizor wrote :
"the Black family tree features the words 'Toujours pur'. What on
Earth does that mean? "

Geoff answered :
"Hmmm. Babelfish obviously needs his aquarium cleaned out.
 
It's "always pure" (or unsullied or clean etc. etc.)"

Del comments :
I don't know that Babelfish, but it must be quite sick if it can't
translate something that simple...

You're right, Geoff : always pure. Undoubtedbly a reference to their
pure-blood obsession, though I wonder if it might have meant something
else originally, something more along the lines of "always pure in
heart" or "always virtuous" maybe ?

Another question : why is the motto stated in French to start with ?
Black is not, even remotely, a French name, so why use French ?

Del, a French woman who was surprised to read French words, and even
more surprised that they weren't translated. Understanding what the
schoolkids looking for Madame Maxime during the QWC said wasn't
important to the plot, but understanding the Black motto is indeed
important to understand that family's ideology.