The Latin Words "Id Tenendum Verum" Appear On The Stage Riser

arwalden

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Sun Mar-21-04 12:45 AM
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The Latin Words "Id Tenendum Verum" Appear On The Stage Riser

for Bill Maher's new HBO talk show. (I'm assuming it's Latin... perhaps it's pseudo-latin that's there for looks only?)

Does anyone know what they mean?

-- Allen (questionus everythingus)

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SOteric

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Sun Mar-21-04 01:02 AM
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1. Probably intended as "He holds (possesses) the truth

but by the curiously perverse nature of the definitions, Teneo the root word for tenendum would also be defined in the military/tactical sense as restraining or holding back the truth.

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Another Bill C.

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Sun Mar-21-04 02:12 AM
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2. I think so, too.

In legal language, "habendum and tenendum" is frequently used and means "to have and to hold."

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arwalden

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Sun Mar-21-04 01:43 PM
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3. Thanks...

-- Allen

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