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[djellison]

Need some help here - I'm getting a little brass plaque engraved to go on a piece of wood with the golden trowel award, but not sure what to put on it...

I was thinking something like

[RedSky]

As someone from the states... here's my 2 cents on the phrasing, since it was brought up in the first few replys...

Here. to persevere through a difficult time through to the end (i.e., not quitting)... we would say: "they stuck it out".... and just to be confusing, we'd also say "they stuck with it" or "they stuck in there". I guess the thing that sounds a bit strange to our ears is the inclusion of the word "got"... since here we don't say someone "got stuck in". (Edited... now that I think of it... "they stuck it out" must similarly seem a bit rude to your ears, too).

Its just one of those things. Like when we hear of someone going to hospital or something in future.... here, we'd always say "to the hospital" and "in the future".

Anyway, I suppose if it stated "they stuck it out"... there's sort of a double meaning / play on words, since by sticking it out... they got Oppertunity out from being stuck.

John

(Edited... another phrase here along these lines is "they dug in"... meaning to roll up one's sleeves, and start on a difficult task with determination. Thus, it could even say "they dug in, and stuck it out".. But as mancm mentioned above, maybe that's way too specific on getting Oppy unstuck, and not general enough.)