*Er. That is to say, they went to bed at the same time as the chickens went to bed, and got up at the same time as the cows got up. Loosely worded sayings can really cause misunderstandings. (Ma)
Most people in Lancre, as the saying goes, went to bed with the chickens and got up with the cows.*
*Er. That is to say, they went to bed at the same time as the chickens went to bed, and got up at the same time as the cows got up. Loosely worded sayings can really cause misunderstandings. (Ma)
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Swordfish? Every password was swordfish! Whenever anyone tried to think of a word that no one would ever guess, they always chose swordfish. It was just one of those strange quirks of the human mind. (NW)
'I don’t begin to understand,’ he said, flatly. ‘To me it sounds like Jargon.’
‘JARGON?’ Hrsh-Hgn turned to the Bank. ‘Nonsense,’ he explained. ‘In Sadhimist tradition God invented it to foresstall the firsst attempt at intersstellar travel. To prevent scientissts from understanding each other, you understand.' (DSS) '... words are soft and can be pummeled into different meanings by a skilled tongue. Numbers are hard. Oh, you
can cheat with them but you cannot change their nature.' (MM) Colon didn’t reply. I wish Captain Vimes were here, he thought. He wouldn’t have known what to do either, but he’s got a much better vocabulary to be baffled in. (GG)
Fun. What is it good for?
It’s not pleasure, joy, delight, enjoyment or glee. It’s a hollow, cruel, vicious little bastard, a word for something sought with an hilarious couple of wobbly antennae on your head and the words‘I want It!’ on your shirt, and it tends to leave you waking up with your face stuck to the street. (Th) Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained. (HFS)
'I don’t gallivant! I’ve never gallivanted. I don’t know how to vant! I don’t even have a galli!' (Th)
Of the very worst words that can be heard by anyone high in the air, the pair known as ‘Oh-oh’ possibly combine the maximum bowel-knotting terror with the minimum wastage of breath. (TOT)
Goodbye,’Mort said, and was surprised to find a lump in his throat. ‘It’s such an unpleasant word, isn’t it?’
QUITE SO. Death grinned because, as has so often been remarked, he didn’t have much option. But possibly he meant it, this time. I PREFER AU REVOIR, he said. (M) When you spend a large part of your life underground, you develop a very literal mind. Dwarfs have no use for metaphor and simile. Rocks are hard, the darkness is dark. Start messing around with descriptions like that and you’re in big trouble, is their motto. (GG)
Witches didn’t need to slap the stupid, not when they had a sharp tongue that was always ready. (W)
'Nevertheless.’
Tiffany waited, and then said: ‘Nevertheless what?’ ‘Just general neverthelessness.' (W) Through a cloud of sweet-smelling smoke Nanny reflected that Agnes read books. All the witches who’d lived in her cottage were bookish types. They thought you could see life through books but you couldn’t, the reason being that the words got in the way. (CJ)
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They project glamour. Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment. Elves are terrific. They beget terror. The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. No one ever said elves are nice. Elves are bad. (LL) |
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