Talk:Burleigh & Stronginthearm - Revision history

Old Dickens: /* Relevance? */

2023-03-08T05:04:10Z

Relevance?

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	I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)		I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
	:There are plenty of ''Dirty Harry'' references, especially in {{G!G!}}, and it seems clear that Harry's Magnum being a Smith & Wesson was an influence on Pratchett coming up with B&S as the name of the crossbow manufacturer (so some of the more direct dialogue references would work). I missed it when I first wrote this comment, but the specific Dirty Harry quote is clearly the source for the joke from {{NW}} quoted near the end of this article. I'd put both in the [[Book:Night Watch/Annotations\|''Night Watch'' annotations]], though. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:22, 8 March 2023 (UTC)		:There are plenty of ''Dirty Harry'' references, especially in {{G!G!}}, and it seems clear that Harry's Magnum being a Smith & Wesson was an influence on Pratchett coming up with B&S as the name of the crossbow manufacturer (so some of the more direct dialogue references would work). I missed it when I first wrote this comment, but the specific Dirty Harry quote is clearly the source for the joke from {{NW}} quoted near the end of this article. I'd put both in the [[Book:Night Watch/Annotations\|''Night Watch'' annotations]], though. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:22, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
			Mmm. I hate annotations. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 05:04, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Guybrush: Updated comment because I actually read the article again

2023-03-08T01:25:12Z

Updated comment because I actually read the article again

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	I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)		I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
	:There are plenty of ''Dirty Harry'' references, especially in {{G!G!}}, and it seems clear that Harry's Magnum being a Smith & Wesson was an influence on Pratchett coming up with B&S as the name of the crossbow manufacturer (so some of the more direct dialogue references would work). ~~But~~ I ~~agree~~ this specific quote ~~doesn~~'~~t really add to~~ the annotations. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:22, 8 March 2023 (UTC)		:There are plenty of ''Dirty Harry'' references, especially in {{G!G!}}, and it seems clear that Harry's Magnum being a Smith & Wesson was an influence on Pratchett coming up with B&S as the name of the crossbow manufacturer (so some of the more direct dialogue references would work). I missed it when I first wrote this comment, but the specific Dirty Harry quote is clearly the source for the joke from {{NW}} quoted near the end of this article. I'd put both in the [[Book:Night Watch/Annotations\|''Night Watch'' annotations]], though. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:22, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Guybrush: /* Relevance? */

2023-03-08T01:22:33Z

Relevance?

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	I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)		I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
			:There are plenty of ''Dirty Harry'' references, especially in {{G!G!}}, and it seems clear that Harry's Magnum being a Smith & Wesson was an influence on Pratchett coming up with B&S as the name of the crossbow manufacturer (so some of the more direct dialogue references would work). But I agree this specific quote doesn't really add to the annotations. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:22, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Old Dickens: relevance?

2023-03-07T16:39:21Z

relevance?

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	There's also a British shotgun maker called Purley, I've often wondered if that's where the Burleigh part of the name came from. (unsigned comment by [[User:The Grumpy Iconographer\|The Grumpy Iconographer]], 25 Jan 2018}		There's also a British shotgun maker called Purley, I've often wondered if that's where the Burleigh part of the name came from. (unsigned comment by [[User:The Grumpy Iconographer\|The Grumpy Iconographer]], 25 Jan 2018}
	:{{wp\|James Purdey & Sons\|Purdey's}} has been famous for shotguns for 200 years; I can't find Purley in competition. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 19:09, 25 January 2018 (UTC)		:{{wp\|James Purdey & Sons\|Purdey's}} has been famous for shotguns for 200 years; I can't find Purley in competition. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 19:09, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

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			I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Old Dickens: very expensive guns

2018-01-25T19:09:54Z

very expensive guns

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	:BSA also made over a million Enfields during WWII. I did a lot of target shooting with their "Super Sporter" .22 some ages ago. As usual, I'm not so convinced of the connection to B&S (Stronginthearm is all one word for a start.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)		:BSA also made over a million Enfields during WWII. I did a lot of target shooting with their "Super Sporter" .22 some ages ago. As usual, I'm not so convinced of the connection to B&S (Stronginthearm is all one word for a start.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

	There's also a British shotgun maker called Purley, I've often wondered if that's where the Burleigh part of the name came from.		There's also a British shotgun maker called Purley, I've often wondered if that's where the Burleigh part of the name came from. (unsigned comment by [[User:The Grumpy Iconographer\|The Grumpy Iconographer]], 25 Jan 2018}
			:{{wp\|James Purdey & Sons\|Purdey's}} has been famous for shotguns for 200 years; I can't find Purley in competition. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 19:09, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
	~~TGI~~

The Grumpy Iconographer at 17:42, 25 January 2018

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	:BSA also made over a million Enfields during WWII. I did a lot of target shooting with their "Super Sporter" .22 some ages ago. As usual, I'm not so convinced of the connection to B&S (Stronginthearm is all one word for a start.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)		:BSA also made over a million Enfields during WWII. I did a lot of target shooting with their "Super Sporter" .22 some ages ago. As usual, I'm not so convinced of the connection to B&S (Stronginthearm is all one word for a start.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

	There's also a British shotgun maker called Purley ~~which~~ I've often wondered if that's where the Burleigh part of the name came from.		There's also a British shotgun maker called Purley, I've often wondered if that's where the Burleigh part of the name came from.

			TGI

The Grumpy Iconographer at 17:41, 25 January 2018

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	BSA made small arms for the British armed forces for most of the 19th century (the Martini-Henry rifle of "Zulu!" fame was made by BSA, as was the Webley officers' pistol) so this could be a valid reference, given they supply the Watch and the Regiments in Victorian-feeling Ankh-Morpork... of course, Birmingham declined in importance as an arms manufacturing centre in the 20th century, when the British Army adopted the Lee-Enfield rifles, made (as the name suggests)in Enfield, London. --[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] 12:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC) (definitely mad as a bagful of weasels for bothering to know all this useless stuff)		BSA made small arms for the British armed forces for most of the 19th century (the Martini-Henry rifle of "Zulu!" fame was made by BSA, as was the Webley officers' pistol) so this could be a valid reference, given they supply the Watch and the Regiments in Victorian-feeling Ankh-Morpork... of course, Birmingham declined in importance as an arms manufacturing centre in the 20th century, when the British Army adopted the Lee-Enfield rifles, made (as the name suggests)in Enfield, London. --[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] 12:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC) (definitely mad as a bagful of weasels for bothering to know all this useless stuff)
	:BSA also made over a million Enfields during WWII. I did a lot of target shooting with their "Super Sporter" .22 some ages ago. As usual, I'm not so convinced of the connection to B&S (Stronginthearm is all one word for a start.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)		:BSA also made over a million Enfields during WWII. I did a lot of target shooting with their "Super Sporter" .22 some ages ago. As usual, I'm not so convinced of the connection to B&S (Stronginthearm is all one word for a start.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

			There's also a British shotgun maker called Purley which I've often wondered if that's where the Burleigh part of the name came from.

Osiris: 1 revision: Talk Namespace

2012-12-26T03:15:47Z

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Old Dickens at 14:34, 1 September 2008

2008-09-01T14:34:43Z

New page

I don't know how much info there ought to be in this Wiki! but I can't help asking: the entry on Burleigh & StrongintheArm doesn't note the cryptonym it creates.

To me, the ampersand is significant, because it allows Burleigh & StrongintheArm to be abbreviated to "BSA" - and purely by coincidence, of course, on this world there is an armaments and motorcycle manufacturer called "Birmingham Small Arms" or "BSA"...

Is this a spoiler? or can someone add it as a curiosity note?

Guy

BSA made small arms for the British armed forces for most of the 19th century (the Martini-Henry rifle of "Zulu!" fame was made by BSA, as was the Webley officers' pistol) so this could be a valid reference, given they supply the Watch and the Regiments in Victorian-feeling Ankh-Morpork... of course, Birmingham declined in importance as an arms manufacturing centre in the 20th century, when the British Army adopted the Lee-Enfield rifles, made (as the name suggests)in Enfield, London. --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 12:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC) (definitely mad as a bagful of weasels for bothering to know all this useless stuff)
:BSA also made over a million Enfields during WWII. I did a lot of target shooting with their "Super Sporter" .22 some ages ago. As usual, I'm not so convinced of the connection to B&S (Stronginthearm is all one word for a start.) --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 14:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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	I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)		I'm not sure what Dirty Harry has to do with it. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
	:There are plenty of ''Dirty Harry'' references, especially in {{G!G!}}, and it seems clear that Harry's Magnum being a Smith & Wesson was an influence on Pratchett coming up with B&S as the name of the crossbow manufacturer (so some of the more direct dialogue references would work). I missed it when I first wrote this comment, but the specific Dirty Harry quote is clearly the source for the joke from {{NW}} quoted near the end of this article. I'd put both in the [[Book:Night Watch/Annotations\|''Night Watch'' annotations]], though. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:22, 8 March 2023 (UTC)		:There are plenty of ''Dirty Harry'' references, especially in {{G!G!}}, and it seems clear that Harry's Magnum being a Smith & Wesson was an influence on Pratchett coming up with B&S as the name of the crossbow manufacturer (so some of the more direct dialogue references would work). I missed it when I first wrote this comment, but the specific Dirty Harry quote is clearly the source for the joke from {{NW}} quoted near the end of this article. I'd put both in the [[Book:Night Watch/Annotations\|''Night Watch'' annotations]], though. -- [[User:Guybrush\|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush\|talk]]) 01:22, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
			Mmm. I hate annotations. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 05:04, 8 March 2023 (UTC)