Posted by CH2inCA on 5/10/11 6:20pm
Msg #382805
Why are we called Notary Public not Public Notary?
Just got my new order of business cards...guess what I did. Yep.
I'm trying to decide if I should chuck em all and order new. Or?
Sigh...
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Reply by FlaNotary2 on 5/10/11 6:27pm
Msg #382806
Good question
My guess would be ... since notaries originated in the Holy Roman Empire, maybe latin places the adjective after the noun as is done in Spanish? I really don't have a clue, but I prefer "Notary Public".
Nebraska's notaries are referred to as "General Notary" on their seals.
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Reply by Bob_Chicago on 5/10/11 6:55pm
Msg #382808
A few times when I have made confirmation calls, the signer has said
"Oh , you are the Notary Republic. They told me you would be calling. "
Guess I have been called worse. At least they didn't call me a Notary Republican. (jk)
Maybe it British thing . A "Public House" is, (I think) a tavern. Might be becuse you need to be drunk to get into this business now. From what I am hearing from some of my customers, however, title orders seem to be picking up. Maybe the worse is behind us. Still getting a few a day, mostly last minute, but way down from last year.
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Reply by parkerc/ME on 5/10/11 9:37pm
Msg #382820
Catch myself from saying "Notarepublic"..still sounds like. n/m
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Reply by Notarysigner on 5/11/11 3:57am
Msg #382829
Magic Yellowpages does not have a category for Notary
Public,..its "Public Notaries."
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/11/11 8:56am
Msg #382840
Ah ha! There you go. <grin> n/m
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/10/11 7:10pm
Msg #382812
For me, it turns on asking: are there 'Private' Notaries? ;)
Just being silly for a minute.
If I'd paid a bunch for the cards, I'd look at my budget. (I've pulled way back on the distances I'll go, and the amount of work I take, so I got a box of 250 from the free site and called it good.)
Of course, that's easy for me to say, since they do say Notary Public. Was it your request or a printing error?
If you decide you can't live with Public Notary, which, to me, both looks and sounds exactly the same as Notary Public, and actually more modern. It's growing on me.
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/10/11 7:14pm
Msg #382813
Oops, 'scusa. To finish: If you decide to replace them,
check out the Notary Supplies button for bus cards here.
It's still growing on me. Public Notary. It truly can't confuse anyone.
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Reply by Julie/MI on 5/10/11 8:23pm
Msg #382817
Susan :)
Susan: " Public Notary. It truly can't confuse anyone"
Public notary as opposed to a private notary 
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/10/11 9:07pm
Msg #382818
<grin> n/m
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Reply by parkerc/ME on 5/10/11 9:39pm
Msg #382821
Could someone then "do" a Public Notary??? lol n/m
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/10/11 10:17pm
Msg #382822
See? It grows on you. I can't begin to come up with a
conceivable way to be able to say "do a Public," hehehehee.
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Reply by HisHughness on 5/10/11 10:28pm
Msg #382823
Re: Could someone then "do" a Public Notary??? lol
Well...I once did a notary in public. That count?
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/11/11 12:07am
Msg #382826
'fraid so. n/m
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Reply by MW/VA on 5/10/11 7:20pm
Msg #382814
That's kind of funny, but not if it's going to cost you. IMO, business cards are too important not to portray the image you want to get across. It could say you are "clueless", like those who refer to "doing a notary". LOL
If it helps, I had to ditch about 800 cards recently over my copy-infringement matter. I felt I got away pretty cheap in the long run if all it cost me was the cost of new business cards. The insurance company picked up the cost of the settlement. Whewwww!
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Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/10/11 9:13pm
Msg #382819
Happy outcome, Marilynn, love 'em. n/m
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Reply by MW/VA on 5/11/11 9:11am
Msg #382844
Yes, I was very relieved. :) n/m
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Reply by jnew on 5/11/11 4:13pm
Msg #382911
I lifted this from Wikipedia
In the last century of the Republic, probably in the time of Cicero, and apparently by his adoptive son Marcus Tullius Tiro, after whom they were named 'notae Tironianae' a new form of shorthand was invented and certain arbitrary marks and signs, called notae, were substituted for words in common use. A writer who adopted the new method was called a notarius. Originally, a notary was one who took down statements in shorthand using these notes, and wrote them out in the form of memoranda or minutes. Later, the title notarius was applied almost exclusively to registrars attached to high government officials, including provincial governors and secretaries to the Emperor.
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