Wed, April 2, 2008 - 2:50 AM
but, but, but: the ellipsoidal construction (four dots, no less!) serves an important role, no? I can actually hear it!
"Welcome to"
suspense (a circus drum beat, expectations mount)
denouement (TadDahh!)
"Petersborough"
although I admit that the trailer is a bit of a dramatic let-down, an unprepared understudy.
Alternatively, we can only speculate on which commonly understood phrase has been eliminated* by the ellipse: I particularily like the "to avoid profanity" option ;)
* From Wikipedia: "an ellipse is the suppression of a word or phrase that is technically necessary, but either of such minor importance to the thought being conveyed, or so commonly understood, that it can be eliminated while maintaining intelligibility. Ellipse is used for brevity, to render an expression more lively or more forceful, as an idiom, or to avoid profanity."