On Sep 11, 2005, at 9:31 AM, Howard Brazee wrote: > FRIEDA2133 at aol.com wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Vlad's favorite restaurant is called Valabar and Sons--not Valabar's? >> > Why not both? Do restaurants all have signs in front with set names > for them in Dragaera? Maybe. But maybe they often have a symbol > that means "food here", and people refer to them the way they will. > Old timer's refer to Valabar's, but others maybe as Valabars' or > Valabar and Sons'. > I suspect the difference is simpler: Valabar and Sons is the 'official' name of the restaurant, which in everyday parlance gets shortened to just Valabar's, dropping the 'and Sons.' (Generally, anyway. I suspect Morrolan or Sethra would refer to it by its proper name.) N. "When Johnny Cash comes into play, all *weak-ass music*must immediately be discarded. All *pretenders* are permanently tapped. Any player who posesses *Toby Keith* must set themselves on fire." --Cosmic_Music, fark.com