[Dragaera] Gift Shop

[Alain Feeny]

The use of the term "sojourned" meets with the approval of this humble  
reader. I nearly think this collaborated endeavour in imprinting a  
plain and simple garment is approaching a satisfactory conclusion,  
whereupon I might avail myself with requesting your pleasure in  
ordering for myself and possibly a few choice friends an example of  
said collaborative work which I shall proudly display upon my person,  
despite the plain and simple qualities of said garment.

AMF

On 9-Jan-08, at 8:49 AM, Diana wrote:

>> Take 7:
>>
>> It so chanced to transpire that my beloved and honorable parents
>> journeyed on a visit to Dragaera City
>
> While I am certainly mindful of the fact that the purpose of this
> enterprise may be somewhat at odds with the act of removing words from
> the statement, might I humbly suggest that "my beloved and honorable
> parents sojourned in Dragaera City" as a slightly more elegant
> alternative to "journeyed on a visit"? In addition, one might be able
> to "journey on a visit" without ever reaching one's intended
> destination, but the quality that we would wish to emphasize is not
> only the fact that a journey took place, but that those journeying
> reached their destination and remained for an indefinite, but not
> brief, period of time.
>
> Use of "visit" is, as we are all aware, traditional in this variety of
> statements, but I nearly think that the emphasis on the garment's
> qualities at the close of the sentence would suffice in identifying
> the source of the joke to one's readers.
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