[Dragaera] Almost Paarfict?

[Steve Rapaport]

...this unremarkable swatch of thin fabric
...this unremarkable thin tunic
...this unremarkable bit of thin fabric


On 17/01/2008, Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Davdi Silverrock wrote:
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> > unremarkable garment of sadly cheap and common fabric you now see
> > before you, which, you perceive, is merely some sort of shirt.
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> I dislike garment/shirt - the latter word wouldn't be a discovery to
> the speaker following the former.  If you call it an
> unremarkably-decorated piece of thin common fabric that can be
> perceived to be some sort of shirt, you preserve the surprise of
> the last word.
>
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\Steve