Posted by BrendaTx on 1/9/07 8:21am
Msg #169977

Please don't say you "do notaries"

or that your office does notaries.

Since about 1990 when you say you "do" a person, that means you had sex with them.

We NEVER "do" a notary, we notarize, for Pete's sake.

Reply by LawrenceOK on 1/9/07 8:25am
Msg #169979

By golly, I DID three notaries last night.

Reply by PJM/MI on 1/9/07 8:41am
Msg #169981

I heard a person say, "Im a notarer".

Reply by Becca_FL on 1/9/07 8:57am
Msg #169982

I had an acknowledgement in a package with "Notary Republic" typed underneath the Notary signature line.

I are a Notary Republic!

Reply by Mia on 1/9/07 10:03am
Msg #169992

One of the "Qualifications" to be a Notary in MI is, "Be able to read and write
in English". It doesn't state that you have to be able to speak english correctly. >g<

LawrenceOK -- you must be exhausted today. LOL

Reply by MichiganAl on 1/9/07 9:29am
Msg #169986

You're my hero n/m

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 1/9/07 9:27am
Msg #169985

Another reason that you should not tell someone to..

"go notarize yourself

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/9/07 12:50pm
Msg #170018

Okay--everyone's being a smart @ss today...thx CARMEN

for not mocking me. Carmen is for good. The rest of you are for evil.

You all deserve to have "Notary Pubic" on your business cards. Certain ones of you deserve "Notary Republican" on yours. So there.

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 1/9/07 1:01pm
Msg #170019

I have been called a lot of evil things, but never ......

a Republican.
BTW , what if the notary is a consenting adult???

Reply by Blueink_CA on 1/9/07 1:23pm
Msg #170022

Re: Ha! Maybe that's where the phrase

"sealed" with a kiss originated?

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 1/9/07 1:35pm
Msg #170025

I have heard that in Texas, certain types of very smart....

livestock can be commissioned.
Opens up a whole new set of ?????

Reply by Gary_CA on 1/9/07 10:03am
Msg #169991

And if you do a notary...

NEVER notarize, for Pete's sake...


some things just don't need confirmed ID or a public record of the act.

Reply by CaliNotary on 1/9/07 1:12pm
Msg #170021

Re: And if you do a notary...

Who needs to notarize when there are video cameras available?

Reply by John_NorCal on 1/9/07 1:35pm
Msg #170026

Re: And if you do a notary... I can just see it now....

"Coming now to a Big Screen near You.....
The Adventures of Poopsie The Nefarious Notary!"

Reply by Gary_CA on 1/9/07 2:05pm
Msg #170033

BTW, only if it is extremely bad...

can you notarize....

otherwise you have an interest in the transaction.




I think I'm gonna change my handle to Note A. Republic

Reply by John_NorCal on 1/9/07 11:07am
Msg #169997

How about if you do taxes? Is that the same or is....

that the government's position?

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/9/07 12:21pm
Msg #170013

regardless of how you say that one face it you ARE being.... n/m

Reply by Poppy on 1/9/07 12:02pm
Msg #170009

Thanks Brenda! My husband was reading over my

shoulder... NOW, he's like a two year old that learned a new phrase....

Reply by Carmen/123 on 1/9/07 12:32pm
Msg #170017

THANK YOU Brenda. I hear this more than I should due to my phone work at 123. It drives me nuts. . I also hear that "I am a notrorizer". Good Grief!

C

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/9/07 5:12pm
Msg #170055

Please don't say you "do notaries" My new BFF Carmen

Carmen, please bring your toys to Texas. We'll have a tea party, play hopskotch and jacks. I don't like these mean haters here on this thread. They are just giving me a ration of unnecessary sh...stuff.

Reply by Carmen/123 on 1/9/07 7:31pm
Msg #170060

Re: Please don't say you "do notaries" My new BFF Carmen

I would love to have tea with you!!! And don't worry I've got your back!

C

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/9/07 7:50pm
Msg #170061

Re: Please don't say you "do notaries" My new BFF Carmen

Thank you! Somebody needs to "get my back." I guess I just take this "doing notaries" way too seriously. The rest of the world seems to have accepted it.

Even my older sister knows what it means to "do" someone. I just can't figure out what's so hard about learning that a notary "notarizes" just like an engineer engineers things. A notary is a person, not an act, deed, or certificate.

My next big peave is "I got my notary." Ugh.

Just glad someone else understands how silly it sounds to butcher sentences by abuse of that word "notary." When I read someone does notaries for marketing purposes, it just screeched over my seeing-ear drum.

Reply by SarahBeth_CA on 1/9/07 8:08pm
Msg #170065

Last night my hubby got

his notary. Tonight he's going to do his notary. Oh though I'm not an active signing agent I do have my commision.

Reply by Joe Ewing on 1/9/07 3:45pm
Msg #170046

I think the companion phrase would be. The standard rate for a Notary job is $50.

Reply by Gary_CA on 1/9/07 3:47pm
Msg #170048

only for a quickie! n/m

Reply by Amalia Contreras on 1/9/07 3:50pm
Msg #170050

Re: bad, bad, bad!!! n/m

Reply by Susan Fischer on 1/9/07 5:45pm
Msg #170057

Coming soon to a theatre near you..."The NotaRiser" XXX n/m

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/9/07 10:58pm
Msg #170086

Thank you, Brenda, for posting this...

Every time I see that phrase, I cringe and my eyes roll back in my head. I have to say, though, that I found many of the responses *very* funny. Hopefully, now that you have spelled out for them what they are really saying, all the quips will stick in their minds and will help them get it right!

For those of you who are still confused, I'm going to put on my teacher hat for a second and spell it out even further... (You've been warned!) The word "notary" is used both as a noun and an adjective, depending on the context, which may be part of the confusion:

- The correct verb form is "to notarize" a document or "do a notarization" NOT "do a notary"...
- When I act in my official capacity, I am a "notary" (noun), i.e. a person who does notarizations.
- When I have to add the appropriate verbiage to a document, I attach a "notary" certificate (adjective).
- The state approves my "notary" commission (adjective) (...I don't "get my notary", which allows me to complete "notarial" acts (also adjective).

Whenever we discuss notary work, we never know what level of grammatical expertise the person we are talking to will have. But if that person happens to know better, there is no quicker way to sound ignorant (imho) than to screw up the grammar related to one's own profession. We, of all people, should be able to get this right!

By the way, another pet peeve of mine: THERE IS ONLY ONE "O" IN "NOTARY"!!!

To those of you who might have made these errors in the past, this is not intended to redicule, but to help improve our collective professional image. I hope you'll take this to heart. Most people won't say anything to you if you get it wrong, but you'll never know what they are thinking. If they know the difference, the impression you leave is one I'm sure you'd be better off without...

Reply by Susan Fischer on 1/9/07 11:36pm
Msg #170093

Tip of the hat to you, Janet! And to Brenda, for the post. n/m

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/10/07 12:47am
Msg #170101

Oops.... a red mark for me ;>)

I misspelled "ridicule". A great typist I'm not - especially with a fat black cat in my lap!

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/10/07 6:54am
Msg #170110

Re: Thank you, Brenda, for posting this...Janet -

You are invited to the tea party with Carmen and me. LOL

Thank you for taking this seriously. You are now my other BFF.

I make a lot of typos and I don't always know the correct way to say things. However, if I were a chimney sweep, I'd know better than to say, "I am going to "do" a chimney sweep." And, I dang sure wouldn't call myself a "ChimLey SweepER" and plan on getting the trust required by gaining new business.

Even if we aren't docs, lawyers, or engineers, we can at least learn how to use the term "notary" and know how to spell it.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/10/07 6:59pm
Msg #170221

Re: Thank you, Brenda, for posting this...Janet - ;>)

Thanks for the invitation! I'd be delighted to "tea party" with you and Carmen anytime. (Oops - did I just create a verb??) And I'd be happy to be your other BFF. I'd probably be even happier if I knew what it was... ;>

Great example, BTW, with the chimbley, ummm, chimley, errrr, I mean chimney sweeper.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/10/07 10:55pm
Msg #170257

What DO I mean?! ;>)

"I mean chimney sweepER"??! -- Where's my red pen when I need it?? [I think I'm going to try to get to bed early tonight for a change...]

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/10/07 7:28am
Msg #170114

It's not just

the notaries who make these kinds of mistakes... I have heard several attorneys use the phrases "get a notary" or "take a notary" when what they mean is "notarize the document". Odd thing to hear from someone whose livelihood often depends on the exactness of wording...

Reply by MistarellaFL on 1/10/07 9:01am
Msg #170126

Folks, we don't notarize docs...my pet peeve...

we notarize SIGNATURES.

Reply by SarahBeth_CA on 1/10/07 9:05am
Msg #170127

Oh Misty that sooooo bugs me too

It doesn't matter if it's a grocery list, or a doc on a multimillion dollar transaction. It is the signature that we notarize.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 1/10/07 5:07pm
Msg #170207

Re: Oh Misty that sooooo bugs me too

Thanks for clarifying, SarahBeth and Misty!! (At least for those of us in CA, FL and where ever else it's the signature that gets notarized. It's all too easy to get lazy and slip up on this, obviously.)

Reply by Michael Coticchio on 1/10/07 10:20am
Msg #170138

Maybe not in your state...

but NY law refers to notarizing documents.