Image 1: a very funny and keenly insightful observation about humanity.

Image 2: such a small thing, but I love that rather than following "him" (Walter) in, Agnes follows "them" (Walter's footsteps) in.

Image 3: I hope this isn't a reach, but the ambiguity of "it wasn't as if she even liked children" tickled me - does she mean as company, or as a meal?

Image 4: a nice pune on "royalty/royalties", plus bonus Dammit Pterry of Goatberger being another riff on Gutenberg (CF Goodmountain from The Truth)

Image 5: another fun one; instead of the sum being jaw-dropping, it's "drawer-dropping" (because of where Nanny keeps her money)!

Image 6: **SPOILER** A fantastic and macabre passage that communicates so much about Granny's character

Image 7-8: this was a real "dammit Pterry" for me, I cannot believe I didn't spot it in previous reads. The thing everyone knows about Opera is that "it isn't over until the fat lady sings"!

I'm making my way through the series in chronological order, and I just wanted to take a moment to appreciate the quality of the writing. I'm just about to start Thud! and I genuinely don't think there has been a book I've disliked yet. 34 books in and not a single book I haven't enjoyed in some way, shape, or form. I'm not saying I've loved them all, but the fact that I'm so far into the series and there hasn't been a bad book is extraordinary.

I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, but I just wanted to take a moment to appreciate the quality of his writing and storytelling.

This is from _The Truth_, a typesetting adventure, in a way. Caslon and Bodoni are fonts, reincarnated as the dwarves Caslong and Boddony. And the vampire Otto’s etymology for photographer, is entirely correct, as per me, an iconographer. (I don’t photograph people a lot because I don’t like prancing around like a pillock in front of others. But when I am alone, I do.)

I feel like Pterry describes a few children through the Discworld series as having running noses. On one occasion, iirc, he describes a character observing a child’s running nose and realising that it’s because the child has no one to wipe it for them. It’s a touching line, I think of it often now that I have a snotty child of my own, and I haven’t been able to find it—if I haven’t misattributed it entirely.

Don’t suppose anyone has come across that line recently or can point me where to look?

Excuse the flair—I have a hunch it’s in the TA books but don’t know.

Found within r/darktide.

Recently, I watched the 80s sitcom Yes Minister and can't believe just how similar the writing is to some of the more political parts of discworld. The character of Sir Humphrey would make an excellent villain for a watch or Moist book, and I can't stop thinking of Drumknott whenever Bernard is on screen. It makes me laugh at the absurdity of governmantal bureauocracy in a way I've only ever seen Terry reproduce. I couldn't recommend it enough to discworld fans.

Does anybody know if Terry ever mentioned the show as an inspiration? It would've aired just before he started writing, so I wouldn't be surprised if he even subconsciously integrated traits of the characters into his own works.

Just finished "Small Gods" - quite an experience...

I pride myself on being able to spot most of Sir Terry's references (we are the same age) but there's a line that I don't get:

"Are you a philosopher? Where's your sponge?"

This one passed me by - anyone?

I have a peculiar problem, I don't know if I am looking for advice or if this is just going to be a rant 🤣

So, I am non native speaker. I started my reading journey in German, and fell utterly in love with Discworld, obv. I then came across the audiobooks, the old ones, Nigel Planner and Stephen Briggs readings. And they are fantastic! They brought so many punes (hehe) and references to my attention that I might otherwise have missed. They really bring the story to life for me.

So I wanted to read the books in English. Because obviously so many play on words just cannot be translated. And I want to indulge everything word for word, not miss any of them. And it feels... Weird. I started with feet of clay and then tried jingo, they are my favorite, I basically know them by heart through the audiobooks, but the books just don't catch me. They feel... cheesy, idk 😐

I am really at a loss. Is this just the language barrier? Or do any of you experience the same?