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Re:The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look by codesnik on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:15PM (#20682496)
I only now have realised it's "drunk" spelled backwards. And probably reads the same as "nerd"
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Re:The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look by riffraff on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:40AM (#20683835)
the first time I read Terry Pratchett it was in italian, and knurd had not been translated, I suppose the translator didn't get the joke or thought it wasn't fun in italian.

Took me a decade or so to finally get it when I re-encountered it in english :)

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Re:The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look by stronglikedan on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:49AM (#20685264)
Since I'm sure I'm not the only one with the desire to look that up, "drunk/knurd" is apparently "ubriaco/ocairbu" in Italian.
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