WHAT THE FUCK TERRY PRATCHETT WHAT YOU DID A THING AND I JUST NOW FUCKING REALIZED IT. Guess what. Morepork (probably pronounced like “Morpork” in Ankh-Morpork) is an owl. A fucking owl. Guess what is in Ankh-Morpork coat of arms. A GODDAMN OWL HOLDING AN ANKH. THERE’S LITERALLY A MOREPORK HOLDING AN ANKH IN THE COAT OF ARMS OF ANKH-MORPORK AND I’M SO ANGRY ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOE BECAUSE LIKE I JUST REALIZED THIS AND IT’S SO STUPID AND SO TOTALLY PRATCHETT THING.
In case you don’t believe, here’s a screencap of the Wikipedia article:
I love this post because it completely embodies the feeling that I get every time I find something new in a Pratchett book that I hadn’t known was there
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okay but did it need lightning
her name is ‘storm’ not ‘light showers with a chance of sun’
Who Did What in Elizabethan England
Books - Stationer or bookseller
Cloth - Mercer
Hats - Milliner or Hatter
Suit of Clothes - Tailor
Shirts/Smocks - Seamstress
Ready made clothes - Draper
Arrows - Fletcher
Bows - Bowyer
Horseshoes - Farrier
Other iron work - Blacksmith
Armour - Armourer
A Portrait - Limner
Legal Service - Lawyer
Drugs etc. - Apothecary
Dentistry - Barber Surgeon
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