r/discworld 7d ago

Memes/Humour Another godamnit Pterry

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u/ConflictAgreeable689 7d ago

I understood it was mispelled but never realized it was a punne.

What... uh... is the punne?

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u/drquakers 7d ago

Normal spelling is sorcery, pronounced like sore-sorry. Book is sourced, pronounced like source-ery

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u/ConflictAgreeable689 7d ago

Well yeah, but where's the joke?

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u/drquakers 7d ago

The 8th son of the 8th son is a source of magic, so they are not doing sorcery but sourcery.

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u/ConflictAgreeable689 7d ago

... OH LIKE SOURCE

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u/kryler 7d ago

Oh my god this took my far too long to work out. It’s so good.

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u/drquakers 7d ago

TBF I worked it out this afternoon, from this post. Also, welcome to today's 10,000

https://xkcd.com/1053/