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- From: kjackson@cix.compulink.co.uk (Keith Jackson)
- Subject: Re: Annotated Pratchett File
- Reply-To: kjackson@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:36:05 +0000
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- In article <1drrbhINNql0@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>, ST102315@brownvm.brown.edu writes:
- >In the last Annotated Pratchett file, there was a request for more Mort
- >annotations. So I read Mort again, and came up with the following
- >annotations (hopefully not all obvious) and questions. Actually, most
- >are questions, which is why I posted this to the list and didn't send
- >it directly to the AP compiler.
- >
- >p.62..."Igneous Cutwell, DM(Unseen)..." DM may be a reference to
- > Dungeons and Dragons, where the DM (or Dungeon Master) knows
- > everything that is going on and controls what happens in the game.
- > He is clearly not above trying to inflate his credentials, as he
- > soon admits to Mort.
-
- I suspect that is his qualification - Doctor of Magic. Doctor of Divinity
- is DD, although most doctorates are PhD - Doctor of Philosophy.
-
- >p.86..."They could pee through a dozen mattresses..." Albert here mangles
- > a fairy tale. Unfortunately, I can't remember how it goes. Anyone?
- > Anyone?
-
- The name of the story is "The Princess and the Pea". The mangling is that a
- true princess can be identified because she could feel a pea through a dozen
- matresses.
-
- >p.168..."When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-
- > deep slurry." Something or someplace has a motto, "When you're
- > tired of ____, you're tired of life" or some such.
-
- That sounds like DNA to me (can't remember where in HHGTTG) but he could
- have been parodying something too. It's Ursa Minor Beta, I think, in the
- DNA version.
-
- Keith
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