meerkat wrote:This all sounds very intriguing, Meeps!
The last one is just for Macarona occasionally speaking a muddle of both languages, Genuan and Morporkian. (though it still doesn't help the fact I keep reading him with a spanish accent)
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by Dotsie » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:18 am
Why does the Unseen Academicals strip have "UU" on it instead of "UA"? Should be the latter, surely? They don't discuss a team name in the book, so I don't know if it was a last minute decision.
Not really important, just occurred to me as I was rereading it.
Not really important, just occurred to me as I was rereading it.
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by pip » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:25 am
UU is for Unseen University and allows for a very poor boob joke 
'Dead tree technology!
Information that , if carefully stored , would last for millennia! And no batteries required.'
Terry Pratchett
'There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.'
Ray Bradbury (RIP)
Information that , if carefully stored , would last for millennia! And no batteries required.'
Terry Pratchett
'There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.'
Ray Bradbury (RIP)
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by jaeger » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:31 am
This may be blindingly obvious, may even be a repeat question and answered before (sorry had enough trawling back to catch up for the time being), so apologies if it is/has been.
But, why do some posters on the forum put a "P" before terry when refering to STP ?
Sorry if I now look like a bit of a 4'b'2 (plank).
But, why do some posters on the forum put a "P" before terry when refering to STP ?
Sorry if I now look like a bit of a 4'b'2 (plank).
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by pip » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:43 am
Its a joke based on pyramids where a p is placed in front of a t for names such as Pteppic 
'Dead tree technology!
Information that , if carefully stored , would last for millennia! And no batteries required.'
Terry Pratchett
'There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.'
Ray Bradbury (RIP)
Information that , if carefully stored , would last for millennia! And no batteries required.'
Terry Pratchett
'There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.'
Ray Bradbury (RIP)
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by SimsKatie » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:37 pm
pip wrote:Its a joke based on pyramids where a p is placed in front of a t for names such as Pteppic
I completely missed that! The closest thing I could think of was Psmith...
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by The Mad Collector » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:17 pm
It actually dates back well before this forum to alt.fan.pratchett (AFP) days when Terry used to be a member and logged on as PTerry as a reference to Pyramids.
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by jaeger » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:31 am
Pthanks for Pthe answers 
But I think I'll thtick to the lithp for a laugh ... eathier to identify
But I think I'll thtick to the lithp for a laugh ... eathier to identify
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by The Mad Collector » Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:47 pm
It was always an error
along with
and
Yes I'm sad that way ....
Terry Pratchett in Interesting Times wrote:++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.'
Terry Pratchett in Hogfather wrote:Hex wrote: +++ Hi Mum Is Testing +++ MELON MELON MELON +++ Out Of Cheese Error +++ !!!!! +++ Mr Jelly! Mr Jelly! +++
along with
Terry Pratchett in Hogfather wrote:Hex had been recalcitrant about its calculations, when it had got into a mechanical sulk and had started writing things like'+++ Out of Cheese Error +++'and'+++ Redo From Start +++'
and
Terry Pratchett in Hogfather wrote:+++ Out Of Cheese Error +++ MELON MELON MELON +++ Redo From Start +++
Terry Pratchett in Science of Discworld wrote:The Archchancellor picked up HEX's latest write-out. It read:
+++ Out Of Cheese Error +++
'Not helpful,' he muttered.
Yes I'm sad that way ....
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by Doughnut Jimmy » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:03 pm
Is there some deep reference in the "MELON MELON MELON"?
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by Tonyblack » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:13 pm
If there is I don't know what it is.Doughnut Jimmy wrote:Is there some deep reference in the "MELON MELON MELON"?
I guess melon is just a funny word in the same way that cheese is.
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