diff --git a/dat/tribute b/dat/tribute index 295ddcea4..dce1d7ce5 100644 --- a/dat/tribute +++ b/dat/tribute @@ -2477,7 +2477,7 @@ it is that you actually /do/ all day? But no matter what precautions you took, sooner or later the boss was bound to come in and poke around and say things like, "Is this where you work, -then?" and "I thought I sent a memo out about people brining in potted +then?" and "I thought I sent a memo out about people bringing in potted plants," and "What d'you call that thing with the keyboard?" [The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett] @@ -2621,11 +2621,98 @@ of clothes, often with the same sort of insignia. # # # -%title Carpe Jugulum (1) +%title Carpe Jugulum (8) +# p. 10 (Harper Torch edition) %passage 1 -Perdita thought that not obeying rules was somehow cool. -Agnes thought that rules like "Don't fall into this huge pit of spikes" -were there for a purpose. +Agnes tended to obey rules. Perdita didn't. Perdita thought that not +obeying rules was somehow cool. Agnes thought that rules like "Don't fall +into this huge pit of spikes" were there for a purpose. [...] + + [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +# p. 2 (example of the silliness and incomprehensability of the +# Nac mac Feegle [aka pictsies, pict + pixie]; fortunately their +# speech doesn't constitute much of the book's dialogue) +%passage 2 +"Nac mac Feegle!" + +"Ach, stickit yer trakkans!" + +"Gie you sich a kickin'!" + +"Bigjobs!" + +"Dere c'n onlie be whin t'ousand!" + +"Nac mac Feegle wha hae!" + +"Wha hae yersel, ya boggin!" + + [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +# p. 28 (from a discussion about whether Omnian priests still burn witches) +%passage 3 +"Hah! The leopard does not change his shorts, my girl!" + + [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +# p. 133 +%passage 4 +Things were not what the seemed. But then, as Granny always said, they +never were. + + [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +# pp. 254-255 ("verra comp-lic-ated" is accurate) +%passage 5 +"How can I ever repay you?" he said. + +The pixie's eyes gleamed happily. + +"Oh, there's a wee bitty thing the Carlin' Ogg said you could be givin' us, +hardly important at all," he said. + +"Anything," said Verence. + +A couple of pixies came up staggering under a rolled-up parchment, which +was unfolded in front of Verence. The old pixie was suddenly holding a +quill pen. + +"It's called a signature," he said, as Verence stared at the tiny +handwriting. "An' make sure ye initial all the sub-clauses and codicils. +We of the Nac mac Feegle are a simple folk," he added, "but we write verra +comp-lic-ated documents." + + [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +# p. 326 (Igor's lisp of "th" for "s" makes this /look/ intentionally archaic +# although it wouldn't be pronounced that way) +%passage 6 +"What goeth around, cometh around," said Igor. + + [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +# p. 336-337 (the plot is driven by the actions of a family of vampyres +# who do mostly cooperate with each other) +%passage 7 +Vampires are not naturally cooperative creatures. It's not in their nature. +Every other vampire is a rival for the next meal. In fact, the ideal +situation for a vampire is a world in which every other vampire has been +killed off and no one seriously believes in vampires anymore. They are by +nature as cooperative as sharks. + +Vampyres are just the same, the only real difference being that they can't +spell properly. + + [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] +%e passage +# p. 338 +%passage 8 +"Be resolute, my dear," said the Count. "Remember--that which does not +kill us can only make us stronger." + +"And that which /does/ kill us leaves us /dead/!" snarled Lacrimosa. "You +saw what happened to the others! /You/ got your fingers burned!." [Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett] %e passage