Scottish Words tagged with: pratchet - 5 posts.

The Orangutan, AKA the librarian, about to bring a cheeky grimoire back under lock and key. It used a file hidden in a bookmark to escape.

Scottish Word: Cheyne.

Tags: ape, arrows, books, chain, orangutan, paper, pratchet, stairs, statue, wizard

Whaur’s that damn puggie that caws hissel a librarian ya beardie bulfie? I’ll teach him tae keep the likes o me me cheyned up oan the shelf aside a lot o lesser buiks foo o peetifu … Continue reading Cheyne. →

ape, arrows, books, chain, orangutan, paper, pratchet, stairs, statue, wizard

The skeletal Death of Rats pedals furiously on the complicated toast spinning contraption.

Scottish Word: Attery.

Tags: butter, calendar, cycle, goggles, knife, machinery, pratchet, rat, skeleton, skull, toast, wheel

“Toast nivir lands butter side doon as afen as is thocht. An if it does, it’s a sure sign there’s attery oot an aboot that shouldni. That’s why I built this universal attery detector.” Translate: attery: … Continue reading Attery. →

butter, calendar, cycle, goggles, knife, machinery, pratchet, rat, skeleton, skull, toast, wheel

Isaac Asimov and Terry Pratchett working to get a Golem under control in a typical alchemists lab complete with the usual accoutrements, a human skull on top of a filing cabinet, the live owl on a perch, the stuffed crocodile hanging from the ceiling, the usual glassware, a large kiln, bookshelves of books, pots and pottery and everything covered in red paint except the two authors and the golem holding a paint tin and paintbrush dripping red paint. Asimov is about to drop three chits of paper into the golems head while Terry holds the top of the head open.

Scottish Word: Tirraneese.

Tags: alligator, beard, brain, cabinet, crocodile, glasses, golem, kiln, owl, paint, paintbrush, pot, pots, pratchet, red, skull, study, workshop

“Right. Are ye sure yer Chems for golems are perfect this time Asimov? I’m no wantin this thing gi’in me oni mair o this bane heidit by the letter creative tirraneese it gets up tae. It … Continue reading Tirraneese. →

alligator, beard, brain, cabinet, crocodile, glasses, golem, kiln, owl, paint, paintbrush, pot, pots, pratchet, red, skull, study, workshop

An Igor doing what Igors do best - a brain operation on his master while he is conscious.

Scottish Word: Twa.

Tags: brain, igor, igorina, operation, pratchet, skill, skills, surgeon, surgery, thumbs

“Yeth Mathter it ith indeed a complexth and tricky prothedure but twa thoumbs definithely helpths.” Translate: twa: two. “Yes Master it is indeed a complex and tricky procedure but two thumbs definitely helps.” Modify Discworld. Igors … Continue reading Twa. →

brain, igor, igorina, operation, pratchet, skill, skills, surgeon, surgery, thumbs

A Dwarf and a Troll are ancient enemies on the Diskworld.

Scottish Word: Aberdeen Sweetie.

Tags: armour, chimney, city, dwarf, giant, pratchet, rock, smoking, soot, thatch, thumb, town, troll

“Dinni cock yer mell at me or ye’ll be on the end o an Aberdeen sweetie!” Translate: Aberdeen sweetie:a sharp tap on the head with a flick of the thumb. “Don’t raise your fist to me … Continue reading Aberdeen Sweetie. →

armour, chimney, city, dwarf, giant, pratchet, rock, smoking, soot, thatch, thumb, town, troll

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