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On page 71 Trevor takes Nutt to a pre-season friendly between The Angels and the Whoppers. It's raining. I'm guessing that the story is set at the end of summer, but how that works on DW is a bit unclear.
There are 13 months in a DW year and 8 days in a week.
Offle, February, March, April, May, June, Grune, August, Spune, Sektober, Ember, December and Ick - the extra day in the week is called Octeday.
I don't know offhand if a specific date is mentioned in the book, but even if it is, it might not directly relate to a similar period on our world.
There are 13 months in a DW year and 8 days in a week.
Offle, February, March, April, May, June, Grune, August, Spune, Sektober, Ember, December and Ick - the extra day in the week is called Octeday.
I don't know offhand if a specific date is mentioned in the book, but even if it is, it might not directly relate to a similar period on our world.
Capital Letters
Forgive the late reply to this, I'm still catching up. This is something you'll still find in use in German today (and a right pain it is too
) - nouns used to be capitalized, at least by some writers.
So he shouldn't have capitalized 'Turn', oh well, that blows my theory
!
Jane said:
He still abuses capital letters, though. Sacha does that too.
Haha, he's such a wonderful, pun-loving character. ^__^
My teachers would hate him.
Haha, he's such a wonderful, pun-loving character. ^__^
My teachers would hate him.
Accents and Pronunciation
Just read on a bit and realized that I'd misunderstood the question
(see below). I agree pretty much with what's been said. As for CMOT, I thought the cartoon portrayal of him got his accent pretty much spot on (in 'Soul Music' and to a lesser degree 'Wyrd Sisters'. He first appears about 4 minutes into this clip Soul Music - Episode 3 part 3).
Edit 1:Just read Tony's reply. Of course, Eric Idle, the classic spiv. To be fair (to myself) that's pretty much what CMOT did sound like in the clip I linked.
I thought that apart from the lisp Jeremy Irons's voice and accent were just right in 'The Colour of Magic' (it's about 2'20" into this clip: The Colour of Magic - episode 1 part 3). The lisp is just wrong. I wish the actors would read some of the books to get their characterisations right. I mean, David Jason? I think he's a pretty good actor and I like the things he's done, but not this. Rincewind was just not right. Hard to say exactly what was wrong, but he's far more sympathetic in the books. More world-weary, brow-beaten rather than mean and he came across as pretty mean in this portrayal. I digress… Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder, hmm. Pretty good. The accent's definitely right, but I always imagined Vetinari as softly spoken - understated. He doesn't need to shout and speaking softly makes him more menacing
, in that uderstated, implied threat-of-possible-nastiness way of his 
.
What about Vimes? I always imagined him being fairly well spoken with a gruff voice.
FTB
? What's FTP? There was a Ram's skull too, but I don't know where that appeared. It was one of the later books. Best joke in 'Hogfather' (the film) was the
"Anthill inside" sticker on Hex, made to look like the Intel ones
.
Mine's Nicholas. My first name's Martin. My parents always intended to call me Nicholas or Nick, but thought 'Martin Nicholas Pretzel' sounded better than 'Nicholas Martin Pretzel'. In Germany your christian name doesn't have to be your first name, but this has caused much confusion here, so I always use the latter; it avoids being addressed as Martin. It's not that I mind Martin (I used to hate it), just that I don't immediately respond to it.
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I originally thought this was a question about pronunciation of the names. I'll keep what I wrote, as I'd be interested in other peoples' opinions.
I know this is some four months after the original question, but I'm still catching up
- I'll edit as I go along (I'm on page 17 at the mo)!
And a question of my own: what does XD mean? I've seen it a few times and can't think of anything that fits.
Edit 1:Just read Tony's reply. Of course, Eric Idle, the classic spiv. To be fair (to myself) that's pretty much what CMOT did sound like in the clip I linked.
I thought that apart from the lisp Jeremy Irons's voice and accent were just right in 'The Colour of Magic' (it's about 2'20" into this clip: The Colour of Magic - episode 1 part 3). The lisp is just wrong. I wish the actors would read some of the books to get their characterisations right. I mean, David Jason? I think he's a pretty good actor and I like the things he's done, but not this. Rincewind was just not right. Hard to say exactly what was wrong, but he's far more sympathetic in the books. More world-weary, brow-beaten rather than mean and he came across as pretty mean in this portrayal. I digress… Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder, hmm. Pretty good. The accent's definitely right, but I always imagined Vetinari as softly spoken - understated. He doesn't need to shout and speaking softly makes him more menacing
.What about Vimes? I always imagined him being fairly well spoken with a gruff voice.
FTB
Sjoerd3000 said:
I don't have a middle name too! My sister has one though
My sister has one though
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I originally thought this was a question about pronunciation of the names. I'll keep what I wrote, as I'd be interested in other peoples' opinions.
I'm not aware of any pronunciation guide for the Discworld books, I can only tell you how I pronounce them. I'm sure there'll be some differences of opinion but here goes:
. It'd be interesting to hear other opinions.
- I used to pronounce Detritus Deh'-tri-tus (with a short 'i') but have come to pronounce this the same as the word Deh-try'-tus
- There can't be much controversy about Nobby, it's Noh-bee'
- I pronounce Serafine Seh'-ruh-feen although a German pronunciation would be Zeh'-rah-fee-neh.
- As for Uberwald, with my German background I pronounce this Oo'-buh-valt although I use the German 'ü' sound, to which 'oo' is an approximation
And a question of my own: what does XD mean? I've seen it a few times and can't think of anything that fits.
Tonyblack said:
It wouldn't really cause a panic, it's Terry trying to be funny and the joke doesn't really work (at least in my opinion). If anyone was really called Winsborough they'd probably be teased mercilessly (or worse) because it's such a stupid sounding name.
The guy in Night Watch certainly wouldn't want the blokes he worked with finding out his real name, because they'd probably mock him.
But it really wouldn't cause a panic - it's a sort of far-fetched idea that Terry is putting forward to show how silly the name is.
I hope that helps.
The guy in Night Watch certainly wouldn't want the blokes he worked with finding out his real name, because they'd probably mock him.
But it really wouldn't cause a panic - it's a sort of far-fetched idea that Terry is putting forward to show how silly the name is.
I hope that helps.
No worries at all. I think that in most cases, the answers we give here are not definitive ones. Only Terry knows for sure what was going on when he wrote the books.
But there are some Britishisms that may not make a lot of sense to non-native speakers, or people too young to 'get' the reference. That has certainly been the case with a lot of questions on this thread.
But there are some Britishisms that may not make a lot of sense to non-native speakers, or people too young to 'get' the reference. That has certainly been the case with a lot of questions on this thread.
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No wonder I missed it. I skimmed that part...
And I wonder:
The former Dean is the referee...
That means even if he can't do magic, dear Andy should still be aware that there is the chance that if he (andy) pisses the referee off, and andy is quick at pissing people off, the former Dean might still come up, smack him over the head with the staff and sit on him for the rest of the game?
And I wonder:
The former Dean is the referee...
That means even if he can't do magic, dear Andy should still be aware that there is the chance that if he (andy) pisses the referee off, and andy is quick at pissing people off, the former Dean might still come up, smack him over the head with the staff and sit on him for the rest of the game?
The bloody Mappe...
Do not trust the Mappe of the Discworld.
A short catalogue of things found to be wrong with it:-
http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Book_Discus ... world_Mapp
It seriously requires redrafting. Some of us are attempting this, with or without earth-moving magics or Leonard's exploding metals (where getting the masse right is critical).
Do not trust the Mappe of the Discworld.
A short catalogue of things found to be wrong with it:-
http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Book_Discus ... world_Mapp
It seriously requires redrafting. Some of us are attempting this, with or without earth-moving magics or Leonard's exploding metals (where getting the masse right is critical).
