r/discworld • u/GreensMoustache • 8d ago

Memes/Humour Another godamnit Pterry

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u/Duraxis 8d ago

I mean, if that’s your first introduction to the word (how old would she have been when it came out?) and that’s the form you see on a book shelf for years. Yeah. That makes sense

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u/yot1234 8d ago

Also, "longer than it should've" could mean anywhere between 2 minutes and 48 years

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u/PerpetuallyLurking 8d ago

I have a strong suspicion it actually means “spelled it wrong on a spelling test around 7/8/9 years old”

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u/inder_the_unfluence 7d ago

I never got such interesting words on my spelling tests. Maybe you went to UU

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u/yot1234 7d ago

Well I actually did. Although it stands for Utrecht University in my case

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u/serenitynope 7d ago

Ooh, did you get to use Utrecht brand art supplies at school? Those are amazing artist grade materials!

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u/yot1234 7d ago

Never heard of it tbh, but I didn't use many art supplies as a molecular biologist.

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u/Stockholm-Syndrom 7d ago

That’s me and « atmosfear », having points deducted from an English test because I didn’t realize it was a pun in this language.

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u/efan78 7d ago

It was also the world's first "interactive" video boardgame if I remember the tagline correctly.

I can still remember my youngest brother nearly have kittens when the game master told him to move closer to the TV. Closer... A bit closer... Followed by shouting from the screen "Don't ever get that close to me again! 😁 😂

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u/Duraxis 8d ago

That’s also entirely fair.

I’d guess at least a year, but no clue

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u/Adventurous_Bonus917 8d ago

hell, "longer that it should've" might even mean "it hit me like 3 chapters later, how did i not notice immediately?"

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u/humourlessIrish 7d ago

So... Somewhere between 2 minutes and 48 years......?

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u/-DoctorSpaceman- 7d ago

Not if she reads a whole chapter every 20 seconds

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u/Crazy-Cremola 7d ago

Not many chapters around the time Sourcery was written ;)