Quirmian Phrases

Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak Morporkian. However from time to time Quirmian is used by particular individuals to make excruciating puns.

• Chemin-de-fer - "The Iron Road" - The Railway. (According to Effie King, it's also a card game.)
• Derriere Velocite - "Bum's Rush" - Forcible ejection from an establishment (Men at Arms)
• Le Mot Juste - "The Right Word (In The Right Place" - de Worde family Motto
• Lingua Quirma - A nod to the roundworld phrase, "Lingua franca" (Jingo and Raising Steam)
• Fait Accompli - "An Accomplished Fact" (Raising Steam)
• Guy de Norde - a celebrated architect who gave his name to the main railway station in Quirm city.
• Mon Repos - "my place of rest" - (Thud!) - (see also Death's Domain).
• Noblesse Oblige - "Nobility Obliges".
• Droit De Seigneur - "the right of the lord"
• Touché - "touched" (fencing)
• Lèse Majesté - "offense to majesty"
• Au Revoir - lit. "to the seeing again"; a Quirmian parting phrase
• Dans Une Certaine Condition - "In A Certain Condition" -- in reference to lycanthropy (Men at Arms)
• 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" (Making Money)
• Grand Prix des Idiots Blithering - the "Grand Prize of the Blithering Idiots," an award given to the most accomplished Fool at the Fools' Guild in Ankh-Morpork each year, represented by honorary cap and bells. (Wyrd Sisters)
• Pas Devant Les Soldat Jeune - lit. "Not in front of the young soldiers"; recalls a common adult admonition, "Not in front of the children." (Monstrous Regiment)

See also

• Latatian Phrases