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Latatian Phrases

2023-03-08T13:40:15Z

SanityClaus: /* Legal Phrases */

Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak [[Morporkian]]. However from time to time [[Latatian]] is used particularly by certain [[Guilds]] such as [[Guild of Lawyers]] and by the [[College of Heralds]] to make excruciating puns.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''Acquiris Quodcumquae Rapis'' - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "[[Wikipedia:Eminent Domain|Eminent Domain]]" ({{J}}), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less - literally "dropped from a great height" but could also be construed as "shit on from above") ({{FOC}})
* ''Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii'' - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
* ''Habeas Corpus'' - "You May Have The Body". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Mea Culpa'' - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
* ''Olfacere Violarum'' - "Smelling Of Violets"
* ''Pro Bono Publico'' - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible [[-ing]] that can be spoken. ({{TT}})).
* ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the [[Patrician]], [[Havelock Vetinari]]. ({{MM}})
* ''Sini Plenis Piscis'' - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently. ({{TT}})

==Medical phrases==
*''Mortis Portalis Tackulatum'' - "Dead As A Doornail"
*''Ped Fecundis'' - "Fertile Feet" ({{W}})
*''Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire'' - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Homo Sapiens'' - "Wise Human" - [[Human]]
* ''Hortus Decorus'' - "Lawn Ornament" - [[Dwarfs]]
* ''Lupus Sapiens'' - "Clever Doggies" - [[Werewolves]]
* ''Nosferatu Sanguineous'' - "Bloody Undead!" - [[Vampires]]
* ''Stultus Saxum'' - "Stupid Rocks" - [[Trolls]]

===Plants===
* ''Allium Sativum'' - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - ({{RM}}).
* ''Phallus Impudicus'' - "Shameless/Impudent Phallus" -- A Toadstool ({{MAA}} - Nobby's love of mushroom omelettes).
* ''Pinus Strobus'' - White Pine tree ({{SN}}).

==Mottos==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's About the City" (text on the paper money in {{MM}})
* ''Fabricati Diem, Punc'' - "Make My Day, Punk" - The modern [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] motto - ([[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]], however, maintains this means "To Protect And Serve")
* ''Fabricati Diem, Puncti Agunt Celeriter'' - "Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* ''Merus In Pectu Et In Aquam'' - "Pure In Heart And In Water" - Ankh Morpork
* ''Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides'' - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" - The motto of [[Unseen University]].
* ''Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra'' - "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" - Ankh Morpork

==Guild Mottos==
* ''Acutus Id Verberat'' - "Whip It Quick" - [[Thieves' Guild]]
* ''Dico, Dico, Dico'' - "I Say, I Say, I Say" - [[Fools' Guild]]
* ''Excretus Ex Fortuna'' - "Shit Out Of Luck" - [[Gamblers' Guild]]
* ''Id Murmuratis, Id Ludamus'' - "You Hum It, We'll Play It" - [[Musicians' Guild]]
* ''Lucre Sermat'' - "Money Talks" - [[Guild of Lawyers]]
* ''Moneta Supervacanea, Magister?'' - "Spare Change, Guv'nor?" - [[Beggars' Guild]]
* ''Nil Mortifi, Sine Lucre'' - "No Killing Without Payment" - [[Assassins' Guild]]
* ''Nil Volupti, Sine Lvcre'' - "No Pleasure Without Pay" - [[Seamstresses' Guild|Seamstresses' Guild (hem, hem)]]
* ''Non Ante Septem Dies Proxima, Squiri'' - "Not Before Next Week, Squire" - [[Plumbers' Guild]]
* ''Non Quod Maneat, Sed Quod Adimimus'' - "Not What Remains, But What We Take Away" - [[Engravers' Guild]]
* ''Nunc Ille Est Magicus'' - "Now That's Magic" - [[Guild of Conjurors]]
* ''Nunquam Vestimus'' - "We Never Clothe" - [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance]]
* ''Omnis Quis Coruscat Est Or'' - "All That Glitters Is Gold" - [[Alchemists' Guild]]
* ''Vilis Ad Bis Pretii'' - "Cheap At Twice The Price" - [[Merchants' Guild]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''Ars Enixa Est Candelam'' - "Art Brought Forth The Candle" - Mr. [[Arthur Carry]] (Candlemaker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Carpe diem|Carpe Jugulum]]'' - "Seize The Throat" - [[Bela de Magpyr|de Magpyr]] family Motto.
* ''Faber Est Quisqve Fortunae Suae'' - "Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune" - The Duke of Sto Helit, ([[Mort]]'s predecessor).
* ''Futurus Meus Est In Visceris'' - "My Future Is In (The) Entrails" - Mr. [[Gerhardt Sock]] (president of the Butcher's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Homo homini lupus|Homo Homini Lupus]]'' - "Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)" - von Uberwald ([[Angua]]'s) family Motto.
* ''[[wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|Non Timetus Messor]]'' - "Fear Not The Reaper" - [[Susan Sto Helit|Sto Helit]] family Motto.
* ''Noli Timere Messorem'' [[Biography|Sir Terry Pratchett's knightly motto]] - a more formal and grammatically correct Latin version.
* ''[[wikipedia:To protect and to serve|Protego Et Servio]]'' - "(I) Protect And Serve" - [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] Family Motto.
* ''Quis Habemus Servamus'' - "What We Have, We Keep" - [[Ramkin]] Family Motto ({{SN}}).
** ''Non Sumet Nullus Pro Responso'' - "She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer" - [[Sybil Ramkin|Sybil Vimes (née Ramkin)]]'s personal motto.
* ''Quod Subigo Farinam'' - "Because I Knead The Dough" - Mr. [[Rudolph Potts]] (Baker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Bert Lance#"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."|Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat]]'' - "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" - [[Havelock Vetinari|Vetinari]] Family Motto.
** ''Vox Populi Vox Deorum'' - "Voice of the people. Voice of God." - Havelock Vetinari's "personal motto" ({{RS}}).
** ''Uno Homo, Uno Voto'' - "One Man, One Vote." - Havelock Vetinari's personal motto/[[Wikipedia:Modus operandi|M.O.]] ({{M}}, {{UA}})--("Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote." ... "Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum'' - "When you have their <S>testicles in your grip</S> full attention, their hearts and minds will follow"-- Motto of the [[Quisition|Omnian Quisition]], (now abolished.)
* ''Obliviscor'' - "I Forget" -- [[Klatchian Foreign Legion]]
* ''Veni Vidi Vici'' - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" -- personal Motto of General [[Callus Tacticus]]

==Other Latatian phrases==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's All About the City".
* ''Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum'' - "I Can See Your House From Here". A boast and a threat used by the [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci!'' and ''Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca!'' - both are variants on a theme of "Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!" - Cited by Mr. [[Slant]] in {{NW}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci'' - "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams" - honorary degree almost awarded by [[Unseen University]] to [[Khufurah|Prince Khufurah]].
* ''Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt'' - "Batteries Not Included" - Engraved by [[Neoldian]] on the [[Tsortese Falchion|golden falchion]] under the words "For the Strongest".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dummies" - by Miss. [[Perspicacia Tick]] ([[Witch]])
* ''Memento Mori'' - "Remember, you are mortal"
* ''Morituri te salutant'' - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
* ''Morituri Nolumus Mori'' - "Those Who Are About To Die Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's motto for flight of the [[kite]] in {{TLH}}.
* ''Nulli Sheilae Sanguineae'' - "No bloody Sheilas (No women allowed)".
* ''Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est'' - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by [[Nanny Ogg]] to make the [[Hedgehog song]] sound posher).
* ''Potest-ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice'' - "Can Your Mother Sew, Pal?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Primus Inter Pares'' - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
* ''Principia Explosia'' - "The Explosion Principle"; ''The'' seminal written works on Alchemy on the Discworld, written by Klatchian national, Affir Al-chema ({{J}}).
* ''Promitto Fore Ut Possessori Postulanti Nummum Unum Solvem, An Apte Satisfaciam'' - "I promise one dollar to be released when the bearer asks" [[Paper Money]], {{MM}}
* ''Quid Pro Quo'' - "This For That": a fair exchange
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes'' - "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet'' - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Sine Qua'' - "without which (cause)" -- See the [[Dis-organiser]] ("They're still appointments ''sine qua'' appointments. They exist, as it were, in appointment phase space. ... You can have an appointment at any time, right? So therefore ''any'' appointment exists ''in potentia-'' ... Any ''particular'' appointment simply collapses the waveform. I merely select the most likely one from the projected matrix".) ({{J}})
* ''Sodomy Non Sapiens'' - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by [[Albert]] in {{M}}
* ''Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum'' - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A [[Rincewind]] quote.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''Via Cloaca'' - "Sewer Way" (discovered by Lance-Constables' [[Detritus]] and [[Cuddy]] in {{MAA}})
* ''Vis-ne faciem capite repletam'' - "Would You Like A Face Full Of Head?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2023-03-08T13:39:36Z

SanityClaus: /* Legal Phrases */

Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak [[Morporkian]]. However from time to time [[Latatian]] is used particularly by certain [[Guilds]] such as [[Guild of Lawyers]] and by the [[College of Heralds]] to make excruciating puns.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''Acquiris Quodcumquae Rapis'' - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "[[Wikipedia:Eminent Domain|Eminent Domain]]" ({{J}}), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less - literally "thrown from a great height" but could also be construed as "shit on from above") ({{FOC}})
* ''Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii'' - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
* ''Habeas Corpus'' - "You May Have The Body". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Mea Culpa'' - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
* ''Olfacere Violarum'' - "Smelling Of Violets"
* ''Pro Bono Publico'' - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible [[-ing]] that can be spoken. ({{TT}})).
* ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the [[Patrician]], [[Havelock Vetinari]]. ({{MM}})
* ''Sini Plenis Piscis'' - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently. ({{TT}})

==Medical phrases==
*''Mortis Portalis Tackulatum'' - "Dead As A Doornail"
*''Ped Fecundis'' - "Fertile Feet" ({{W}})
*''Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire'' - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Homo Sapiens'' - "Wise Human" - [[Human]]
* ''Hortus Decorus'' - "Lawn Ornament" - [[Dwarfs]]
* ''Lupus Sapiens'' - "Clever Doggies" - [[Werewolves]]
* ''Nosferatu Sanguineous'' - "Bloody Undead!" - [[Vampires]]
* ''Stultus Saxum'' - "Stupid Rocks" - [[Trolls]]

===Plants===
* ''Allium Sativum'' - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - ({{RM}}).
* ''Phallus Impudicus'' - "Shameless/Impudent Phallus" -- A Toadstool ({{MAA}} - Nobby's love of mushroom omelettes).
* ''Pinus Strobus'' - White Pine tree ({{SN}}).

==Mottos==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's About the City" (text on the paper money in {{MM}})
* ''Fabricati Diem, Punc'' - "Make My Day, Punk" - The modern [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] motto - ([[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]], however, maintains this means "To Protect And Serve")
* ''Fabricati Diem, Puncti Agunt Celeriter'' - "Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* ''Merus In Pectu Et In Aquam'' - "Pure In Heart And In Water" - Ankh Morpork
* ''Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides'' - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" - The motto of [[Unseen University]].
* ''Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra'' - "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" - Ankh Morpork

==Guild Mottos==
* ''Acutus Id Verberat'' - "Whip It Quick" - [[Thieves' Guild]]
* ''Dico, Dico, Dico'' - "I Say, I Say, I Say" - [[Fools' Guild]]
* ''Excretus Ex Fortuna'' - "Shit Out Of Luck" - [[Gamblers' Guild]]
* ''Id Murmuratis, Id Ludamus'' - "You Hum It, We'll Play It" - [[Musicians' Guild]]
* ''Lucre Sermat'' - "Money Talks" - [[Guild of Lawyers]]
* ''Moneta Supervacanea, Magister?'' - "Spare Change, Guv'nor?" - [[Beggars' Guild]]
* ''Nil Mortifi, Sine Lucre'' - "No Killing Without Payment" - [[Assassins' Guild]]
* ''Nil Volupti, Sine Lvcre'' - "No Pleasure Without Pay" - [[Seamstresses' Guild|Seamstresses' Guild (hem, hem)]]
* ''Non Ante Septem Dies Proxima, Squiri'' - "Not Before Next Week, Squire" - [[Plumbers' Guild]]
* ''Non Quod Maneat, Sed Quod Adimimus'' - "Not What Remains, But What We Take Away" - [[Engravers' Guild]]
* ''Nunc Ille Est Magicus'' - "Now That's Magic" - [[Guild of Conjurors]]
* ''Nunquam Vestimus'' - "We Never Clothe" - [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance]]
* ''Omnis Quis Coruscat Est Or'' - "All That Glitters Is Gold" - [[Alchemists' Guild]]
* ''Vilis Ad Bis Pretii'' - "Cheap At Twice The Price" - [[Merchants' Guild]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''Ars Enixa Est Candelam'' - "Art Brought Forth The Candle" - Mr. [[Arthur Carry]] (Candlemaker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Carpe diem|Carpe Jugulum]]'' - "Seize The Throat" - [[Bela de Magpyr|de Magpyr]] family Motto.
* ''Faber Est Quisqve Fortunae Suae'' - "Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune" - The Duke of Sto Helit, ([[Mort]]'s predecessor).
* ''Futurus Meus Est In Visceris'' - "My Future Is In (The) Entrails" - Mr. [[Gerhardt Sock]] (president of the Butcher's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Homo homini lupus|Homo Homini Lupus]]'' - "Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)" - von Uberwald ([[Angua]]'s) family Motto.
* ''[[wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|Non Timetus Messor]]'' - "Fear Not The Reaper" - [[Susan Sto Helit|Sto Helit]] family Motto.
* ''Noli Timere Messorem'' [[Biography|Sir Terry Pratchett's knightly motto]] - a more formal and grammatically correct Latin version.
* ''[[wikipedia:To protect and to serve|Protego Et Servio]]'' - "(I) Protect And Serve" - [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] Family Motto.
* ''Quis Habemus Servamus'' - "What We Have, We Keep" - [[Ramkin]] Family Motto ({{SN}}).
** ''Non Sumet Nullus Pro Responso'' - "She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer" - [[Sybil Ramkin|Sybil Vimes (née Ramkin)]]'s personal motto.
* ''Quod Subigo Farinam'' - "Because I Knead The Dough" - Mr. [[Rudolph Potts]] (Baker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Bert Lance#"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."|Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat]]'' - "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" - [[Havelock Vetinari|Vetinari]] Family Motto.
** ''Vox Populi Vox Deorum'' - "Voice of the people. Voice of God." - Havelock Vetinari's "personal motto" ({{RS}}).
** ''Uno Homo, Uno Voto'' - "One Man, One Vote." - Havelock Vetinari's personal motto/[[Wikipedia:Modus operandi|M.O.]] ({{M}}, {{UA}})--("Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote." ... "Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum'' - "When you have their <S>testicles in your grip</S> full attention, their hearts and minds will follow"-- Motto of the [[Quisition|Omnian Quisition]], (now abolished.)
* ''Obliviscor'' - "I Forget" -- [[Klatchian Foreign Legion]]
* ''Veni Vidi Vici'' - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" -- personal Motto of General [[Callus Tacticus]]

==Other Latatian phrases==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's All About the City".
* ''Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum'' - "I Can See Your House From Here". A boast and a threat used by the [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci!'' and ''Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca!'' - both are variants on a theme of "Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!" - Cited by Mr. [[Slant]] in {{NW}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci'' - "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams" - honorary degree almost awarded by [[Unseen University]] to [[Khufurah|Prince Khufurah]].
* ''Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt'' - "Batteries Not Included" - Engraved by [[Neoldian]] on the [[Tsortese Falchion|golden falchion]] under the words "For the Strongest".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dummies" - by Miss. [[Perspicacia Tick]] ([[Witch]])
* ''Memento Mori'' - "Remember, you are mortal"
* ''Morituri te salutant'' - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
* ''Morituri Nolumus Mori'' - "Those Who Are About To Die Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's motto for flight of the [[kite]] in {{TLH}}.
* ''Nulli Sheilae Sanguineae'' - "No bloody Sheilas (No women allowed)".
* ''Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est'' - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by [[Nanny Ogg]] to make the [[Hedgehog song]] sound posher).
* ''Potest-ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice'' - "Can Your Mother Sew, Pal?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Primus Inter Pares'' - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
* ''Principia Explosia'' - "The Explosion Principle"; ''The'' seminal written works on Alchemy on the Discworld, written by Klatchian national, Affir Al-chema ({{J}}).
* ''Promitto Fore Ut Possessori Postulanti Nummum Unum Solvem, An Apte Satisfaciam'' - "I promise one dollar to be released when the bearer asks" [[Paper Money]], {{MM}}
* ''Quid Pro Quo'' - "This For That": a fair exchange
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes'' - "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet'' - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Sine Qua'' - "without which (cause)" -- See the [[Dis-organiser]] ("They're still appointments ''sine qua'' appointments. They exist, as it were, in appointment phase space. ... You can have an appointment at any time, right? So therefore ''any'' appointment exists ''in potentia-'' ... Any ''particular'' appointment simply collapses the waveform. I merely select the most likely one from the projected matrix".) ({{J}})
* ''Sodomy Non Sapiens'' - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by [[Albert]] in {{M}}
* ''Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum'' - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A [[Rincewind]] quote.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''Via Cloaca'' - "Sewer Way" (discovered by Lance-Constables' [[Detritus]] and [[Cuddy]] in {{MAA}})
* ''Vis-ne faciem capite repletam'' - "Would You Like A Face Full Of Head?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2023-03-08T10:36:14Z

SanityClaus: /* Legal Phrases */

Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak [[Morporkian]]. However from time to time [[Latatian]] is used particularly by certain [[Guilds]] such as [[Guild of Lawyers]] and by the [[College of Heralds]] to make excruciating puns.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''Acquiris Quodcumquae Rapis'' - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "[[Wikipedia:Eminent Domain|Eminent Domain]]" ({{J}}), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less - literally "thrown from a great height" but could also be construed as "shit at from above") ({{FOC}})
* ''Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii'' - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
* ''Habeas Corpus'' - "You May Have The Body". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Mea Culpa'' - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
* ''Olfacere Violarum'' - "Smelling Of Violets"
* ''Pro Bono Publico'' - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible [[-ing]] that can be spoken. ({{TT}})).
* ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the [[Patrician]], [[Havelock Vetinari]]. ({{MM}})
* ''Sini Plenis Piscis'' - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently. ({{TT}})

==Medical phrases==
*''Mortis Portalis Tackulatum'' - "Dead As A Doornail"
*''Ped Fecundis'' - "Fertile Feet" ({{W}})
*''Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire'' - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Homo Sapiens'' - "Wise Human" - [[Human]]
* ''Hortus Decorus'' - "Lawn Ornament" - [[Dwarfs]]
* ''Lupus Sapiens'' - "Clever Doggies" - [[Werewolves]]
* ''Nosferatu Sanguineous'' - "Bloody Undead!" - [[Vampires]]
* ''Stultus Saxum'' - "Stupid Rocks" - [[Trolls]]

===Plants===
* ''Allium Sativum'' - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - ({{RM}}).
* ''Phallus Impudicus'' - "Shameless/Impudent Phallus" -- A Toadstool ({{MAA}} - Nobby's love of mushroom omelettes).
* ''Pinus Strobus'' - White Pine tree ({{SN}}).

==Mottos==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's About the City" (text on the paper money in {{MM}})
* ''Fabricati Diem, Punc'' - "Make My Day, Punk" - The modern [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] motto - ([[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]], however, maintains this means "To Protect And Serve")
* ''Fabricati Diem, Puncti Agunt Celeriter'' - "Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* ''Merus In Pectu Et In Aquam'' - "Pure In Heart And In Water" - Ankh Morpork
* ''Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides'' - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" - The motto of [[Unseen University]].
* ''Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra'' - "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" - Ankh Morpork

==Guild Mottos==
* ''Acutus Id Verberat'' - "Whip It Quick" - [[Thieves' Guild]]
* ''Dico, Dico, Dico'' - "I Say, I Say, I Say" - [[Fools' Guild]]
* ''Excretus Ex Fortuna'' - "Shit Out Of Luck" - [[Gamblers' Guild]]
* ''Id Murmuratis, Id Ludamus'' - "You Hum It, We'll Play It" - [[Musicians' Guild]]
* ''Lucre Sermat'' - "Money Talks" - [[Guild of Lawyers]]
* ''Moneta Supervacanea, Magister?'' - "Spare Change, Guv'nor?" - [[Beggars' Guild]]
* ''Nil Mortifi, Sine Lucre'' - "No Killing Without Payment" - [[Assassins' Guild]]
* ''Nil Volupti, Sine Lvcre'' - "No Pleasure Without Pay" - [[Seamstresses' Guild|Seamstresses' Guild (hem, hem)]]
* ''Non Ante Septem Dies Proxima, Squiri'' - "Not Before Next Week, Squire" - [[Plumbers' Guild]]
* ''Non Quod Maneat, Sed Quod Adimimus'' - "Not What Remains, But What We Take Away" - [[Engravers' Guild]]
* ''Nunc Ille Est Magicus'' - "Now That's Magic" - [[Guild of Conjurors]]
* ''Nunquam Vestimus'' - "We Never Clothe" - [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance]]
* ''Omnis Quis Coruscat Est Or'' - "All That Glitters Is Gold" - [[Alchemists' Guild]]
* ''Vilis Ad Bis Pretii'' - "Cheap At Twice The Price" - [[Merchants' Guild]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''Ars Enixa Est Candelam'' - "Art Brought Forth The Candle" - Mr. [[Arthur Carry]] (Candlemaker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Carpe diem|Carpe Jugulum]]'' - "Seize The Throat" - [[Bela de Magpyr|de Magpyr]] family Motto.
* ''Faber Est Quisqve Fortunae Suae'' - "Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune" - The Duke of Sto Helit, ([[Mort]]'s predecessor).
* ''Futurus Meus Est In Visceris'' - "My Future Is In (The) Entrails" - Mr. [[Gerhardt Sock]] (president of the Butcher's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Homo homini lupus|Homo Homini Lupus]]'' - "Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)" - von Uberwald ([[Angua]]'s) family Motto.
* ''[[wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|Non Timetus Messor]]'' - "Fear Not The Reaper" - [[Susan Sto Helit|Sto Helit]] family Motto.
* ''Noli Timere Messorem'' [[Biography|Sir Terry Pratchett's knightly motto]] - a more formal and grammatically correct Latin version.
* ''[[wikipedia:To protect and to serve|Protego Et Servio]]'' - "(I) Protect And Serve" - [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] Family Motto.
* ''Quis Habemus Servamus'' - "What We Have, We Keep" - [[Ramkin]] Family Motto ({{SN}}).
** ''Non Sumet Nullus Pro Responso'' - "She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer" - [[Sybil Ramkin|Sybil Vimes (née Ramkin)]]'s personal motto.
* ''Quod Subigo Farinam'' - "Because I Knead The Dough" - Mr. [[Rudolph Potts]] (Baker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Bert Lance#"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."|Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat]]'' - "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" - [[Havelock Vetinari|Vetinari]] Family Motto.
** ''Vox Populi Vox Deorum'' - "Voice of the people. Voice of God." - Havelock Vetinari's "personal motto" ({{RS}}).
** ''Uno Homo, Uno Voto'' - "One Man, One Vote." - Havelock Vetinari's personal motto/[[Wikipedia:Modus operandi|M.O.]] ({{M}}, {{UA}})--("Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote." ... "Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum'' - "When you have their <S>testicles in your grip</S> full attention, their hearts and minds will follow"-- Motto of the [[Quisition|Omnian Quisition]], (now abolished.)
* ''Obliviscor'' - "I Forget" -- [[Klatchian Foreign Legion]]
* ''Veni Vidi Vici'' - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" -- personal Motto of General [[Callus Tacticus]]

==Other Latatian phrases==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's All About the City".
* ''Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum'' - "I Can See Your House From Here". A boast and a threat used by the [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci!'' and ''Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca!'' - both are variants on a theme of "Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!" - Cited by Mr. [[Slant]] in {{NW}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci'' - "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams" - honorary degree almost awarded by [[Unseen University]] to [[Khufurah|Prince Khufurah]].
* ''Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt'' - "Batteries Not Included" - Engraved by [[Neoldian]] on the [[Tsortese Falchion|golden falchion]] under the words "For the Strongest".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dummies" - by Miss. [[Perspicacia Tick]] ([[Witch]])
* ''Memento Mori'' - "Remember, you are mortal"
* ''Morituri te salutant'' - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
* ''Morituri Nolumus Mori'' - "Those Who Are About To Die Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's motto for flight of the [[kite]] in {{TLH}}.
* ''Nulli Sheilae Sanguineae'' - "No bloody Sheilas (No women allowed)".
* ''Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est'' - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by [[Nanny Ogg]] to make the [[Hedgehog song]] sound posher).
* ''Potest-ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice'' - "Can Your Mother Sew, Pal?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Primus Inter Pares'' - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
* ''Principia Explosia'' - "The Explosion Principle"; ''The'' seminal written works on Alchemy on the Discworld, written by Klatchian national, Affir Al-chema ({{J}}).
* ''Promitto Fore Ut Possessori Postulanti Nummum Unum Solvem, An Apte Satisfaciam'' - "I promise one dollar to be released when the bearer asks" [[Paper Money]], {{MM}}
* ''Quid Pro Quo'' - "This For That": a fair exchange
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes'' - "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet'' - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Sine Qua'' - "without which (cause)" -- See the [[Dis-organiser]] ("They're still appointments ''sine qua'' appointments. They exist, as it were, in appointment phase space. ... You can have an appointment at any time, right? So therefore ''any'' appointment exists ''in potentia-'' ... Any ''particular'' appointment simply collapses the waveform. I merely select the most likely one from the projected matrix".) ({{J}})
* ''Sodomy Non Sapiens'' - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by [[Albert]] in {{M}}
* ''Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum'' - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A [[Rincewind]] quote.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''Via Cloaca'' - "Sewer Way" (discovered by Lance-Constables' [[Detritus]] and [[Cuddy]] in {{MAA}})
* ''Vis-ne faciem capite repletam'' - "Would You Like A Face Full Of Head?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2023-03-08T10:35:35Z

SanityClaus:

Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak [[Morporkian]]. However from time to time [[Latatian]] is used particularly by certain [[Guilds]] such as [[Guild of Lawyers]] and by the [[College of Heralds]] to make excruciating puns.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''Acquiris Quodcumquae Rapis'' - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "[[Wikipedia:Eminent Domain|Eminent Domain]]" ({{J}}), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less - literally "thrown from a great height" but could also be construed as "shit of from above") ({{FOC}})
* ''Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii'' - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
* ''Habeas Corpus'' - "You May Have The Body". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Mea Culpa'' - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
* ''Olfacere Violarum'' - "Smelling Of Violets"
* ''Pro Bono Publico'' - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible [[-ing]] that can be spoken. ({{TT}})).
* ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the [[Patrician]], [[Havelock Vetinari]]. ({{MM}})
* ''Sini Plenis Piscis'' - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently. ({{TT}})

==Medical phrases==
*''Mortis Portalis Tackulatum'' - "Dead As A Doornail"
*''Ped Fecundis'' - "Fertile Feet" ({{W}})
*''Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire'' - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Homo Sapiens'' - "Wise Human" - [[Human]]
* ''Hortus Decorus'' - "Lawn Ornament" - [[Dwarfs]]
* ''Lupus Sapiens'' - "Clever Doggies" - [[Werewolves]]
* ''Nosferatu Sanguineous'' - "Bloody Undead!" - [[Vampires]]
* ''Stultus Saxum'' - "Stupid Rocks" - [[Trolls]]

===Plants===
* ''Allium Sativum'' - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - ({{RM}}).
* ''Phallus Impudicus'' - "Shameless/Impudent Phallus" -- A Toadstool ({{MAA}} - Nobby's love of mushroom omelettes).
* ''Pinus Strobus'' - White Pine tree ({{SN}}).

==Mottos==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's About the City" (text on the paper money in {{MM}})
* ''Fabricati Diem, Punc'' - "Make My Day, Punk" - The modern [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] motto - ([[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]], however, maintains this means "To Protect And Serve")
* ''Fabricati Diem, Puncti Agunt Celeriter'' - "Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* ''Merus In Pectu Et In Aquam'' - "Pure In Heart And In Water" - Ankh Morpork
* ''Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides'' - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" - The motto of [[Unseen University]].
* ''Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra'' - "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" - Ankh Morpork

==Guild Mottos==
* ''Acutus Id Verberat'' - "Whip It Quick" - [[Thieves' Guild]]
* ''Dico, Dico, Dico'' - "I Say, I Say, I Say" - [[Fools' Guild]]
* ''Excretus Ex Fortuna'' - "Shit Out Of Luck" - [[Gamblers' Guild]]
* ''Id Murmuratis, Id Ludamus'' - "You Hum It, We'll Play It" - [[Musicians' Guild]]
* ''Lucre Sermat'' - "Money Talks" - [[Guild of Lawyers]]
* ''Moneta Supervacanea, Magister?'' - "Spare Change, Guv'nor?" - [[Beggars' Guild]]
* ''Nil Mortifi, Sine Lucre'' - "No Killing Without Payment" - [[Assassins' Guild]]
* ''Nil Volupti, Sine Lvcre'' - "No Pleasure Without Pay" - [[Seamstresses' Guild|Seamstresses' Guild (hem, hem)]]
* ''Non Ante Septem Dies Proxima, Squiri'' - "Not Before Next Week, Squire" - [[Plumbers' Guild]]
* ''Non Quod Maneat, Sed Quod Adimimus'' - "Not What Remains, But What We Take Away" - [[Engravers' Guild]]
* ''Nunc Ille Est Magicus'' - "Now That's Magic" - [[Guild of Conjurors]]
* ''Nunquam Vestimus'' - "We Never Clothe" - [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance]]
* ''Omnis Quis Coruscat Est Or'' - "All That Glitters Is Gold" - [[Alchemists' Guild]]
* ''Vilis Ad Bis Pretii'' - "Cheap At Twice The Price" - [[Merchants' Guild]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''Ars Enixa Est Candelam'' - "Art Brought Forth The Candle" - Mr. [[Arthur Carry]] (Candlemaker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Carpe diem|Carpe Jugulum]]'' - "Seize The Throat" - [[Bela de Magpyr|de Magpyr]] family Motto.
* ''Faber Est Quisqve Fortunae Suae'' - "Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune" - The Duke of Sto Helit, ([[Mort]]'s predecessor).
* ''Futurus Meus Est In Visceris'' - "My Future Is In (The) Entrails" - Mr. [[Gerhardt Sock]] (president of the Butcher's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Homo homini lupus|Homo Homini Lupus]]'' - "Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)" - von Uberwald ([[Angua]]'s) family Motto.
* ''[[wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|Non Timetus Messor]]'' - "Fear Not The Reaper" - [[Susan Sto Helit|Sto Helit]] family Motto.
* ''Noli Timere Messorem'' [[Biography|Sir Terry Pratchett's knightly motto]] - a more formal and grammatically correct Latin version.
* ''[[wikipedia:To protect and to serve|Protego Et Servio]]'' - "(I) Protect And Serve" - [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] Family Motto.
* ''Quis Habemus Servamus'' - "What We Have, We Keep" - [[Ramkin]] Family Motto ({{SN}}).
** ''Non Sumet Nullus Pro Responso'' - "She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer" - [[Sybil Ramkin|Sybil Vimes (née Ramkin)]]'s personal motto.
* ''Quod Subigo Farinam'' - "Because I Knead The Dough" - Mr. [[Rudolph Potts]] (Baker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Bert Lance#"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."|Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat]]'' - "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" - [[Havelock Vetinari|Vetinari]] Family Motto.
** ''Vox Populi Vox Deorum'' - "Voice of the people. Voice of God." - Havelock Vetinari's "personal motto" ({{RS}}).
** ''Uno Homo, Uno Voto'' - "One Man, One Vote." - Havelock Vetinari's personal motto/[[Wikipedia:Modus operandi|M.O.]] ({{M}}, {{UA}})--("Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote." ... "Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum'' - "When you have their <S>testicles in your grip</S> full attention, their hearts and minds will follow"-- Motto of the [[Quisition|Omnian Quisition]], (now abolished.)
* ''Obliviscor'' - "I Forget" -- [[Klatchian Foreign Legion]]
* ''Veni Vidi Vici'' - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" -- personal Motto of General [[Callus Tacticus]]

==Other Latatian phrases==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's All About the City".
* ''Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum'' - "I Can See Your House From Here". A boast and a threat used by the [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci!'' and ''Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca!'' - both are variants on a theme of "Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!" - Cited by Mr. [[Slant]] in {{NW}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci'' - "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams" - honorary degree almost awarded by [[Unseen University]] to [[Khufurah|Prince Khufurah]].
* ''Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt'' - "Batteries Not Included" - Engraved by [[Neoldian]] on the [[Tsortese Falchion|golden falchion]] under the words "For the Strongest".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dummies" - by Miss. [[Perspicacia Tick]] ([[Witch]])
* ''Memento Mori'' - "Remember, you are mortal"
* ''Morituri te salutant'' - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
* ''Morituri Nolumus Mori'' - "Those Who Are About To Die Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's motto for flight of the [[kite]] in {{TLH}}.
* ''Nulli Sheilae Sanguineae'' - "No bloody Sheilas (No women allowed)".
* ''Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est'' - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by [[Nanny Ogg]] to make the [[Hedgehog song]] sound posher).
* ''Potest-ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice'' - "Can Your Mother Sew, Pal?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Primus Inter Pares'' - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
* ''Principia Explosia'' - "The Explosion Principle"; ''The'' seminal written works on Alchemy on the Discworld, written by Klatchian national, Affir Al-chema ({{J}}).
* ''Promitto Fore Ut Possessori Postulanti Nummum Unum Solvem, An Apte Satisfaciam'' - "I promise one dollar to be released when the bearer asks" [[Paper Money]], {{MM}}
* ''Quid Pro Quo'' - "This For That": a fair exchange
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes'' - "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet'' - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Sine Qua'' - "without which (cause)" -- See the [[Dis-organiser]] ("They're still appointments ''sine qua'' appointments. They exist, as it were, in appointment phase space. ... You can have an appointment at any time, right? So therefore ''any'' appointment exists ''in potentia-'' ... Any ''particular'' appointment simply collapses the waveform. I merely select the most likely one from the projected matrix".) ({{J}})
* ''Sodomy Non Sapiens'' - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by [[Albert]] in {{M}}
* ''Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum'' - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A [[Rincewind]] quote.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''Via Cloaca'' - "Sewer Way" (discovered by Lance-Constables' [[Detritus]] and [[Cuddy]] in {{MAA}})
* ''Vis-ne faciem capite repletam'' - "Would You Like A Face Full Of Head?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2023-03-08T10:32:40Z

SanityClaus:

Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak [[Morporkian]]. However from time to time [[Latatian]] is used particularly by certain [[Guilds]] such as [[Guild of Lawyers]] and by the [[College of Heralds]] to make excruciating puns.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''Acquiris Quodcumquae Rapis'' - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "[[Wikipedia:Eminent Domain|Eminent Domain]]" ({{J}}), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less - literally "shit on from above") ({{FOC}})
* ''Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii'' - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
* ''Habeas Corpus'' - "You May Have The Body". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Mea Culpa'' - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
* ''Olfacere Violarum'' - "Smelling Of Violets"
* ''Pro Bono Publico'' - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible [[-ing]] that can be spoken. ({{TT}})).
* ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the [[Patrician]], [[Havelock Vetinari]]. ({{MM}})
* ''Sini Plenis Piscis'' - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently. ({{TT}})

==Medical phrases==
*''Mortis Portalis Tackulatum'' - "Dead As A Doornail"
*''Ped Fecundis'' - "Fertile Feet" ({{W}})
*''Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire'' - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Homo Sapiens'' - "Wise Human" - [[Human]]
* ''Hortus Decorus'' - "Lawn Ornament" - [[Dwarfs]]
* ''Lupus Sapiens'' - "Clever Doggies" - [[Werewolves]]
* ''Nosferatu Sanguineous'' - "Bloody Undead!" - [[Vampires]]
* ''Stultus Saxum'' - "Stupid Rocks" - [[Trolls]]

===Plants===
* ''Allium Sativum'' - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - ({{RM}}).
* ''Phallus Impudicus'' - "Shameless/Impudent Phallus" -- A Toadstool ({{MAA}} - Nobby's love of mushroom omelettes).
* ''Pinus Strobus'' - White Pine tree ({{SN}}).

==Mottos==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's About the City" (text on the paper money in {{MM}})
* ''Fabricati Diem, Punc'' - "Make My Day, Punk" - The modern [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] motto - ([[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]], however, maintains this means "To Protect And Serve")
* ''Fabricati Diem, Puncti Agunt Celeriter'' - "Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* ''Merus In Pectu Et In Aquam'' - "Pure In Heart And In Water" - Ankh Morpork
* ''Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides'' - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" - The motto of [[Unseen University]].
* ''Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra'' - "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" - Ankh Morpork

==Guild Mottos==
* ''Acutus Id Verberat'' - "Whip It Quick" - [[Thieves' Guild]]
* ''Dico, Dico, Dico'' - "I Say, I Say, I Say" - [[Fools' Guild]]
* ''Excretus Ex Fortuna'' - "Shit Out Of Luck" - [[Gamblers' Guild]]
* ''Id Murmuratis, Id Ludamus'' - "You Hum It, We'll Play It" - [[Musicians' Guild]]
* ''Lucre Sermat'' - "Money Talks" - [[Guild of Lawyers]]
* ''Moneta Supervacanea, Magister?'' - "Spare Change, Guv'nor?" - [[Beggars' Guild]]
* ''Nil Mortifi, Sine Lucre'' - "No Killing Without Payment" - [[Assassins' Guild]]
* ''Nil Volupti, Sine Lvcre'' - "No Pleasure Without Pay" - [[Seamstresses' Guild|Seamstresses' Guild (hem, hem)]]
* ''Non Ante Septem Dies Proxima, Squiri'' - "Not Before Next Week, Squire" - [[Plumbers' Guild]]
* ''Non Quod Maneat, Sed Quod Adimimus'' - "Not What Remains, But What We Take Away" - [[Engravers' Guild]]
* ''Nunc Ille Est Magicus'' - "Now That's Magic" - [[Guild of Conjurors]]
* ''Nunquam Vestimus'' - "We Never Clothe" - [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance]]
* ''Omnis Quis Coruscat Est Or'' - "All That Glitters Is Gold" - [[Alchemists' Guild]]
* ''Vilis Ad Bis Pretii'' - "Cheap At Twice The Price" - [[Merchants' Guild]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''Ars Enixa Est Candelam'' - "Art Brought Forth The Candle" - Mr. [[Arthur Carry]] (Candlemaker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Carpe diem|Carpe Jugulum]]'' - "Seize The Throat" - [[Bela de Magpyr|de Magpyr]] family Motto.
* ''Faber Est Quisqve Fortunae Suae'' - "Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune" - The Duke of Sto Helit, ([[Mort]]'s predecessor).
* ''Futurus Meus Est In Visceris'' - "My Future Is In (The) Entrails" - Mr. [[Gerhardt Sock]] (president of the Butcher's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Homo homini lupus|Homo Homini Lupus]]'' - "Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)" - von Uberwald ([[Angua]]'s) family Motto.
* ''[[wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|Non Timetus Messor]]'' - "Fear Not The Reaper" - [[Susan Sto Helit|Sto Helit]] family Motto.
* ''Noli Timere Messorem'' [[Biography|Sir Terry Pratchett's knightly motto]] - a more formal and grammatically correct Latin version.
* ''[[wikipedia:To protect and to serve|Protego Et Servio]]'' - "(I) Protect And Serve" - [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] Family Motto.
* ''Quis Habemus Servamus'' - "What We Have, We Keep" - [[Ramkin]] Family Motto ({{SN}}).
** ''Non Sumet Nullus Pro Responso'' - "She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer" - [[Sybil Ramkin|Sybil Vimes (née Ramkin)]]'s personal motto.
* ''Quod Subigo Farinam'' - "Because I Knead The Dough" - Mr. [[Rudolph Potts]] (Baker's guild).
* ''[[wikipedia:Bert Lance#"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."|Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat]]'' - "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" - [[Havelock Vetinari|Vetinari]] Family Motto.
** ''Vox Populi Vox Deorum'' - "Voice of the people. Voice of God." - Havelock Vetinari's "personal motto" ({{RS}}).
** ''Uno Homo, Uno Voto'' - "One Man, One Vote." - Havelock Vetinari's personal motto/[[Wikipedia:Modus operandi|M.O.]] ({{M}}, {{UA}})--("Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote." ... "Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum'' - "When you have their <S>testicles in your grip</S> full attention, their hearts and minds will follow"-- Motto of the [[Quisition|Omnian Quisition]], (now abolished.)
* ''Obliviscor'' - "I Forget" -- [[Klatchian Foreign Legion]]
* ''Veni Vidi Vici'' - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" -- personal Motto of General [[Callus Tacticus]]

==Other Latatian phrases==
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's All About the City".
* ''Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum'' - "I Can See Your House From Here". A boast and a threat used by the [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci!'' and ''Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca!'' - both are variants on a theme of "Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!" - Cited by Mr. [[Slant]] in {{NW}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci'' - "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams" - honorary degree almost awarded by [[Unseen University]] to [[Khufurah|Prince Khufurah]].
* ''Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt'' - "Batteries Not Included" - Engraved by [[Neoldian]] on the [[Tsortese Falchion|golden falchion]] under the words "For the Strongest".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dummies" - by Miss. [[Perspicacia Tick]] ([[Witch]])
* ''Memento Mori'' - "Remember, you are mortal"
* ''Morituri te salutant'' - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
* ''Morituri Nolumus Mori'' - "Those Who Are About To Die Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's motto for flight of the [[kite]] in {{TLH}}.
* ''Nulli Sheilae Sanguineae'' - "No bloody Sheilas (No women allowed)".
* ''Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est'' - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by [[Nanny Ogg]] to make the [[Hedgehog song]] sound posher).
* ''Potest-ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice'' - "Can Your Mother Sew, Pal?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Primus Inter Pares'' - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
* ''Principia Explosia'' - "The Explosion Principle"; ''The'' seminal written works on Alchemy on the Discworld, written by Klatchian national, Affir Al-chema ({{J}}).
* ''Promitto Fore Ut Possessori Postulanti Nummum Unum Solvem, An Apte Satisfaciam'' - "I promise one dollar to be released when the bearer asks" [[Paper Money]], {{MM}}
* ''Quid Pro Quo'' - "This For That": a fair exchange
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes'' - "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet'' - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Sine Qua'' - "without which (cause)" -- See the [[Dis-organiser]] ("They're still appointments ''sine qua'' appointments. They exist, as it were, in appointment phase space. ... You can have an appointment at any time, right? So therefore ''any'' appointment exists ''in potentia-'' ... Any ''particular'' appointment simply collapses the waveform. I merely select the most likely one from the projected matrix".) ({{J}})
* ''Sodomy Non Sapiens'' - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by [[Albert]] in {{M}}
* ''Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum'' - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A [[Rincewind]] quote.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''Via Cloaca'' - "Sewer Way" (discovered by Lance-Constables' [[Detritus]] and [[Cuddy]] in {{MAA}})
* ''Vis-ne faciem capite repletam'' - "Would You Like A Face Full Of Head?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Talk:-ing

2019-07-06T21:52:50Z

SanityClaus:

...two syllables, isn't it?--[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 15:21, 31 May 2007 (CEST)

Do we really need this article? If there was more than one character speaking like this but... --[[User:Death|Death]] 15:24, 31 May 2007 (CEST)

Nearly eight years on.... there '''''is''''' another character who speaks like this and she's also in {{TT}}. But blink and you miss her... [[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 19:01, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

:Of course not, but it's getting to be a long list. I can't figure out if it matters how many small or semi-relevant articles there are, except to Sanity's hard-drive space, and I doubt if the whole Wiki is dangerously large yet. Maybe there should be a trivia category?--[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 15:33, 31 May 2007 (CEST)
:Ten years on, I'm tempted to change it to "word", but it may have passed the statute of limitations and acquired historical immunity. Perhaps the audible effect of "_" isn't really a syllable? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 03:33, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

The part about Mr Tulip is wrong. When he says it, it's not a swear word. It's his speech impediment that makes him say "-ing". People around him misunderstand and think he's swearing; that's the joke.

Mr. Tulip

2019-07-06T21:47:56Z

SanityClaus: Minor spelling mistake.

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|photo=Tulip.jpg|Mr. Tulip, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]
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|age=
|occupation=Hired muscle,<br/>Substance abuser
|appearance=dangerous
|residence=variable
|death=shot and covered with molten lead
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|children=no
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Appearing in {{TT}}, '''Mr. Tulip''' is the muscular side of the New Firm (the other partner being [[Mr. Pin]]), a duo that provides unusual services best negotiated in the dark. Mr. Tulip is fast and almost clean when it comes to hitting people (except for the blood that inevitably splatters all over the place); people hit by Mr. Tulip remain hit and often advance to being dead. To Mr. Tulip, the best solution for every problem, and the best method to carry out any business, is to scrag somebody. This inclination to always employ violence is one of the reasons that Mr. Pin's intellectual input is necessary for the continued operation of the New Firm.

The other reason that Mr. Pin gives Mr. Tulip some advice is that Mr. Tulip desperately wants a drug habit. He pays big money for anything (mostly in powder form) in little baggies and tries to sniff them. Often this leads to choking, spraying of ground mothballs, bloodshot and spinning eyeballs, and more, but virtually never the mood-altering effects.

Like many criminals of his type, Mr. Tulip's first name and personal history are unknown. In fact, in Mr. Tulip's case, most of these are unknown to himself. Mr. Pin has observed that Mr. Tulip screams in his sleep. Something very bad happening in his childhood probably caused his wish to have a drug habit. He exists in a state of barely controlled rage.

Mr. Tulip has a mind that is, in some ways, simple. He thinks that killing people is the best method of work. He does not curse, though his speech impediment which makes him say "[[-ing]]" in strategic places, prompts people to believe he does. Something he vehemently denies, when confronted; "I don't -ing swear!" (The dash is an actual silence, not a censored syllable.) The only side that Mr. Pin has observed in Mr. Tulip that's not simple is an extensive knowledge of art. Mr. Tulip is an art connoisseur who can accurately identify valuable antiques. He does not, however, use this knowledge for the businesses of the New Firm.

==Annotations==
It seems that Mr. Tulip and Mr. Pin are parodies of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s characters, Mr. Vandemar and Mr. Croup ("The Old Firm") who are hired assassins in ''Neverwhere''. Although in ''Neverwhere'', it is Mr. Croup, the small one, who is an Art connoisseur. However, Terry has denied this, saying that they are rather parodies of all two-man crime teams everywhen.

Mr. Tulip and Mr. Pin's conversation about [[Sausage inna bun|sausages in a bun]] as translated in [[Quirm]] is reminiscent of the dialogue between Vince Vega's (John Travolta) and Jules Winfield's (Samuel L. Jackson) discussion of a Big Mac and how it is said in France in ''Pulp Fiction''. Another similarity with Pulp Fiction is that one of them owns a wallet that says something resembling "Bad Mother Fucker."

Sparse notes in Mr. Tulip's encounter with Death sound a lot like they may have been drawn from the accounts of massacres like the one at [[Wikipedia:Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre|Oradour-sur-Glane]] in France during WWII (women and children sealed inside a church, which was then smoke bombed and torched). The reference to him as a child of 3 waiting inside a church (previously, he has recalled a scene with slats nailed over the doors) with women crying and waiting for the soldiers, and the idea that, when a war has gone on long enough, it doesn't matter which side the soldiers are on, sound very similar to accounts like this.

Mr. Tulip's alias when he went undercover, so as not to draw attention to himself and blend in perfectly with the city around him, was that of a [[Nuns|nun]] called Sister Jennifer. The fact that a very burly six-foot-plus nun was walking around with an advanced five o'clock shadow, with "her" eyes rotating in opposite directions, whilst small flashes of lightning were spontaneously emitting from her nostrils, and nobody noticed anything out of the ordinary, says a lot for what passes for normal in [[Ankh-Morpork]].

[[Category:Discworld characters|Tulip, Mr.]]
[[Category:Supporting characters|Tulip, Mr.]]
[[de:Tulpe]]

Mr. Tulip

2019-07-06T21:45:02Z

SanityClaus: Mr Tulip doesn't actually swear. He outright says so to Sacharissa when she chides him for swearing.

{{Character Data
|name=Tulip (only)
|photo=Tulip.jpg|Mr. Tulip, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]
|race=Human
|age=
|occupation=Hired muscle,<br/>Substance abuser
|appearance=dangerous
|residence=variable
|death=shot and covered with molten lead
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=no
|marital status= s
|books={{TT}}
|cameos=
}}

Appearing in {{TT}}, '''Mr. Tulip''' is the muscular side of the New Firm (the other partner being [[Mr. Pin]]), a duo that provides unusual services best negotiated in the dark. Mr. Tulip is fast and almost clean when it comes to hitting people (except for the blood that inevitably splatters all over the place); people hit by Mr. Tulip remain hit and often advance to being dead. To Mr. Tulip, the best solution for every problem, and the best method to carry out any business, is to scrag somebody. This inclination to always employ violence is one of the reasons that Mr. Pin's intellectual input is necessary for the continued operation of the New Firm.

The other reason that Mr. Pin gives Mr. Tulip some advice is that Mr. Tulip desperately wants a drug habit. He pays big money for anything (mostly in powder form) in little baggies and tries to sniff them. Often this leads to choking, spraying of ground mothballs, bloodshot and spinning eyeballs, and more, but virtually never the mood-altering effects.

Like many criminals of his type, Mr. Tulip's first name and personal history are unknown. In fact, in Mr. Tulip's case, most of these are unknown to himself. Mr. Pin has observed that Mr. Tulip screams in his sleep. Something very bad happening in his childhood probably caused his wish to have a drug habit. He exists in a state of barely controlled rage.

Mr. Tulip has a mind that is, in some ways, simple. He thinks that killing people is the best method of work. He does not curse, though his speech impediment which makes him say "[[-ing]]" in strategic places, prompts people to believe he does. Something he vehemently denies, when confronted; "I dont't -ing swear!" (The dash is an actual silence, not a censored syllable.) The only side that Mr. Pin has observed in Mr. Tulip that's not simple is an extensive knowledge of art. Mr. Tulip is an art connoisseur who can accurately identify valuable antiques. He does not, however, use this knowledge for the businesses of the New Firm.

==Annotations==
It seems that Mr. Tulip and Mr. Pin are parodies of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s characters, Mr. Vandemar and Mr. Croup ("The Old Firm") who are hired assassins in ''Neverwhere''. Although in ''Neverwhere'', it is Mr. Croup, the small one, who is an Art connoisseur. However, Terry has denied this, saying that they are rather parodies of all two-man crime teams everywhen.

Mr. Tulip and Mr. Pin's conversation about [[Sausage inna bun|sausages in a bun]] as translated in [[Quirm]] is reminiscent of the dialogue between Vince Vega's (John Travolta) and Jules Winfield's (Samuel L. Jackson) discussion of a Big Mac and how it is said in France in ''Pulp Fiction''. Another similarity with Pulp Fiction is that one of them owns a wallet that says something resembling "Bad Mother Fucker."

Sparse notes in Mr. Tulip's encounter with Death sound a lot like they may have been drawn from the accounts of massacres like the one at [[Wikipedia:Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre|Oradour-sur-Glane]] in France during WWII (women and children sealed inside a church, which was then smoke bombed and torched). The reference to him as a child of 3 waiting inside a church (previously, he has recalled a scene with slats nailed over the doors) with women crying and waiting for the soldiers, and the idea that, when a war has gone on long enough, it doesn't matter which side the soldiers are on, sound very similar to accounts like this.

Mr. Tulip's alias when he went undercover, so as not to draw attention to himself and blend in perfectly with the city around him, was that of a [[Nuns|nun]] called Sister Jennifer. The fact that a very burly six-foot-plus nun was walking around with an advanced five o'clock shadow, with "her" eyes rotating in opposite directions, whilst small flashes of lightning were spontaneously emitting from her nostrils, and nobody noticed anything out of the ordinary, says a lot for what passes for normal in [[Ankh-Morpork]].

[[Category:Discworld characters|Tulip, Mr.]]
[[Category:Supporting characters|Tulip, Mr.]]
[[de:Tulpe]]