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.)
- Le Mot Juste - "The Right Word (In The Right Place" - de Worde family Motto
- Mon Repos - "my place of rest" -- (see also Death's Domain).
- Noblesse Oblige - "Nobility Obliges".
- Droit De Seigneur'' - "the right of the lord"
- Touché "touched" (fencing)
- Dans Une Certaine Condition - "In A Certain Condition" -- in reference to lycanthropy (Men at Arms)