[Dragaera] Dzur- Possible spoilers (A question of editing)

[Jon_Lincicum at stream.com]

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Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> 
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08/09/06 09:29 AM

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>Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote:
>
>>>"I still had all ten fingers, but let's &c."
>>
>>
>>The ampersand (&) character is a stylized representation of the Latin 
word 
>>"et". 
>>
>>Ergo, when we see &c, we can read this as "etc", which is short for "et 
>>cetera", Latin for "and soforth" (approximately). 
>>
>>So, the &c is simply a stylistic alternative to etc.
>>
>> 
>>
>I never would have guessed that.    But let's replace it and see if it 
>makes sense:
>
>"I still had all ten fingers, but let's et cetera". 
>
>Nope.

Let's place that in its full context, shall we?

"The last time I was at Valabar's I was--

I was still married, but let's not go there.

I wasn't yet on the Organization's hit list, but let's not go there 
either.

I still had all ten fingers, but let's et cetera.

Years. Leave it at that."

While the phrasing is, perhaps, a little clipped, it certainly makes sense 
to me. Would probably be a bit clearer if there was a hyphen after the 
"let's" and before the "etc", indicating a broken-off thought.

Majikjon