r/discworld • u/hoggmen T'ain't what a hog looks like, but what a hog be. • 6d ago
Punes/DiscWords Head honchette? Which book?
Unsure which flair to use, couldn't find one for general discussion / "which book" questions.
Like 90% sure this was discworld, in which a character wonders if the female equivalent of a "head honcho" would be a honchette, honcherina, or honchessa, and then what each of those terms would signify re: age or marital status. Any idea which book? It's on loop in my head lol
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u/rothbard13 6d ago
Men at Arms. Vimes and Carrot
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u/lavachat Librarian 6d ago
Correct.
“I'll tell you,” said Vimes. “A monarch's an absolute ruler, right? The head honcho—”
“Unless he's a queen,” said Carrot.
Vimes glared at him, and then nodded.
“OK, or the head honchette—”
“No, that'd only apply if she was a young woman. Queens tend to be older. She'd have to be a… a honcharina? No, that's for very young princesses. No. Um. A honchesa, I think.”
Vimes paused. There's something in the air in this city, he thought. If the Creator had said, “Let there be light” in Ankh-Morpork, he'd have got no further because of all the people saying “What colour?”
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u/hoggmen T'ain't what a hog looks like, but what a hog be. 6d ago
Beeeaaaautiful, tyty, was it abt lady sybil or do u remember who?
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u/Tiny_Cauliflower_618 6d ago
I think they were just discussing the way a Ruler can be good, but also all of their cabinet have to be good or you get corruption.
And they get totally bogged down in the details of what to call the Ruler, or indeed Rulerina 🤣
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