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I was reading {{T!}} and came across the section where she's called Captain and then through the rest of the book she's a sergeant afterwards. I think I was hasty in the revision when I came across it but, it stuck out in my mind since she seemingly attained the rank in Thud! and then lost it later in the same book through mysterious circumstances. | I was reading {{T!}} and came across the section where she's called Captain and then through the rest of the book she's a sergeant afterwards. I think I was hasty in the revision when I came across it but, it stuck out in my mind since she seemingly attained the rank in Thud! and then lost it later in the same book through mysterious circumstances. | ||
:Flipping through, I noticed "sergeant" near the begging, middle and end. I didn't spot a "captain". --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 02:45, 10 February 2013 (GMT) | :Flipping through, I noticed "sergeant" near the begging, middle and end. I didn't spot a "captain". --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 02:45, 10 February 2013 (GMT) | ||
Maybe its a mistake that's exclusive to the kindle edition I have. They only referenced her once as Captain in the beginning when she's showing Sally around so its easy to overlook. I don't have a physical copy to reference unfortunately. | |||
Here's a screen shot of the passage with the title highlighted from the Kindle version of Thud! http://i45.tinypic.com/25oxy6v.jpg | |||
:Ah yes. It's "Sergeant" in my copy (HarperTorch pb, unfortunately). You might make an [[Book:Thud!/Annotations|annotation]]. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 14:51, 10 February 2013 (GMT) | |||
She is very definitely a Captain in {{ISWM}} and may also have been in {{SN}} when processing Trevor Likely (need to confirm this). [[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 23:56, 10 February 2013 (GMT) | |||
:Huh? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 02:02, 11 February 2013 (GMT) | |||
Maybe in {{T!}} Terry just got ahead of himself and promoted her before time? This could be a relict of an earlier draft where Angua had been promoted: it might not have been picked up in the rewrite. Just speculating... [[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 08:27, 11 February 2013 (GMT) | |||
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Can anyone confirm the recent edit about Captain Angua? She's still a sergeant half-way through Thud! and I can't recall the promotion. --Old Dickens (talk) 23:57, 9 February 2013 (GMT)
I was reading Thud! and came across the section where she's called Captain and then through the rest of the book she's a sergeant afterwards. I think I was hasty in the revision when I came across it but, it stuck out in my mind since she seemingly attained the rank in Thud! and then lost it later in the same book through mysterious circumstances.
- Flipping through, I noticed "sergeant" near the begging, middle and end. I didn't spot a "captain". --Old Dickens (talk) 02:45, 10 February 2013 (GMT)
Maybe its a mistake that's exclusive to the kindle edition I have. They only referenced her once as Captain in the beginning when she's showing Sally around so its easy to overlook. I don't have a physical copy to reference unfortunately.
Here's a screen shot of the passage with the title highlighted from the Kindle version of Thud! http://i45.tinypic.com/25oxy6v.jpg
- Ah yes. It's "Sergeant" in my copy (HarperTorch pb, unfortunately). You might make an annotation. --Old Dickens (talk) 14:51, 10 February 2013 (GMT)
She is very definitely a Captain in I Shall Wear Midnight and may also have been in Snuff when processing Trevor Likely (need to confirm this). AgProv (talk) 23:56, 10 February 2013 (GMT)
- Huh? --Old Dickens (talk) 02:02, 11 February 2013 (GMT)
Maybe in Thud! Terry just got ahead of himself and promoted her before time? This could be a relict of an earlier draft where Angua had been promoted: it might not have been picked up in the rewrite. Just speculating... AgProv (talk) 08:27, 11 February 2013 (GMT)