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<div>Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak [[Morporkian]]. However from time to time [[Quirmian]] is used by particular individuals to make excruciating puns.<br />
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* ''Chemin-de-fer'' - "The Iron Road" - The Railway. (According to [[Effie King]], it's also a card game.) <br />
* ''Derriere Velocite'' - "Bum's Rush" - Forcible ejection from an establishment ({{MAA}})<br />
* ''Le Mot Juste'' - "The Right Word (In The Right Place" - [[de Worde|de Worde]] family Motto<br />
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})<br />
* ''Fait Accompli'' - "An Accomplished Fact" ({{RS}})<br />
* ''Guy de Norde'' - a celebrated architect who gave his name to the main railway station in Quirm city. <br />
* ''Mon Repos'' - "my place of rest" - (see also [[Death's Domain]]). <br />
* ''Noblesse Oblige'' - "Nobility Obliges". <br />
* ''Droit De Seigneur'''' - "[[Wikipedia:Droit du seigneur|the right of the lord]]"<br />
* ''Touché'' "touched" (fencing)<br />
* ''Dans Une Certaine Condition'' - "In A Certain Condition" -- in reference to lycanthropy ({{MAA}})<br />
* ''Nom d'une bouilloire! Pourquoi est-ce que je suis hardiment ri sous cape à par les dieux?'' - "Name of a kettle! Why am I boldly chuckled at by the gods?" (roughly translated) -- less a phrase and more a lamentation by the chef Aimsbury about his allergy to the word "garlic" ({{MM}})<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Latatian Phrases]]<br />
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