tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post9045575883561322299..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Sourcery by Terry PratchettDiary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-62463267408749078292018-08-06T16:24:24.282-07:002018-08-06T16:24:24.282-07:00I'm trolling the English here, clearly.
And ...I'm trolling the English here, clearly. <br /><br />And yes, I explain what Pratchett means by it...Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-3490012002246216312018-08-06T13:56:22.387-07:002018-08-06T13:56:22.387-07:00No, this isn’t an example of the English tendency ...<em>No, this isn’t an example of the English tendency to add extraneous “u”s to various words. (Although I suspect Pratchett might have been inspired by it…)</em><br />Um... no. Pratchett <em>was</em> English. From his point of view (and mine, and every other British English speaker/speller), <em>Americans</em> have a tendency to randomly <em>remove</em> the letter U from words ending in "-our". "Sourcery" is wordplay on "source", the idea being that so(u)rcerers are a "source" of magical power.<br />Daniel Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944461326199566111noreply@blogger.com