Nosferatu Sanguineous - "Bloody Undead!" - Vampires. Lupus Sapiens - "Clever Doggies" - Werewolves. Hortus Decorus - "Lawn Ornament" - Dwarfs. Draco Vulgaris - "Common Dragon" - Swamp dragon - ( Guards! Guards!). Draco Stellaris Nauticae - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ( The Colour of Magic). Draco Nobilis - "Noble Dragon" - Noble dragon - ( Guards! Guards!). Draco Lunaris - "Moon Dragon" - Moon dragon - ( The Last Hero). Chelys Galactica - "Star Turtle" - (See the Great A'Tuin). Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead". Ped Fecundis - "Fertile Feet" ( Wintersmith). Mortis Portalis Tackulatum - "Dead As A Doornail". 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. 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. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible -ing that can be spoken. Pro Bono Publico - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. Olfacere Violarum - "Smelling Of Violets". Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person. Mea Culpa - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Habeas Corpus - "You May Have The Body". Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free.". 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") ( Feet of Clay). Casus Belli - "(a) reason (for) war" ( Thud!). Acquiris Quodcumquae Rapis - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for " Eminent Domain" ( Jingo), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ( Jingo & Thud!)). Jingo is the fourth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. 'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld' Sunday Telegraph 
Or much in the way of weapons.Ĭommander Sam Vimes and the 'officially disbanded' City Watch get caught up in a deadly political game where the enemy appears to be on both sides and no one will listen to reason.Īnd if they don't stop this absurd war, no one will. such as a 'strategic' piece of old rock, for instance.īut when a Klatchian Prince is almost assassinated, peace talks break down and violent nationalism begins to spread.
Of course, no one would dream of starting a war with the neighbours without a perfectly good reason. IT WAS BLEAKLY DEPRESSING TO THINK THAT THEY WERE US.'Īn island has appeared from the ocean depths, right in the middle of the sea which separates the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork. 'IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO BLAME IT ON THEM.
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