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Yjl Posted 11 years ago
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Help needed on an epitaph

I'm drafting the epitaph for my deceased parents and wish some English guru rectify it. It reads:
Here rest beloved Mother, GM and Father, GF enduring blighted nobility inherited spiritually beyond well-being, achieving the dreamland after a humble life.
  

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Hello, yjl—and welcome to English Forums. yjl enduring blighted nobility Oh, my! I don't know quite what that means, but it sounds terrible!

  • Hello, yjl—and welcome to English Forums.
  • yjl enduring blighted nobility Oh, my!
  • I don't know quite what that means, but it sounds terrible!
  • Was your father a haemophilic king?
  • Try rather something simpler, like this: Here rest beloved Mother, GM and Father, GF, who have achieved the glory of heaven after a good and humble life.
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Hello, yjl—and welcome to English Forums.
yjlenduring blighted nobility
Oh, my! I don't know quite what that means, but it sounds terrible! Was your father a haemophilic king? Try rather something simpler, like this:

Here rest beloved Mother, GM and Father, GF, who have achieved the glory of heaven after a good and humble life.
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Thank you, Mr. M. I had no idea what to do with this. Great job!

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