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Hilarious typo in ROTE!!!!

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In my edition (hardback US edition I think) on page 528 (Glossary) Seareach is explained thusly:
Region of the Land occupied by the Unhorned
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(You know you've read a book to many times, when you peruse the glossary!)

Edit: Edited to correct hilarious typos in "Seareach" and "Glossary"! Heh!
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Thats not hilarious. Mildly amusing maybe. :P
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confusing maybe...
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I don't intend to start reading the Glossary until late 2009.
Gotta save something.
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i have book 1 of the third set at last. sitting on a table.
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I think it's actually pretty funny.
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Maybe that is why the Land doesn't have any unicorns..

Maybe they lived in the Region of the Land occupied by the Unhorned.
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Ur Dead wrote:Maybe that is why the Land doesn't have any unicorns..

Maybe they lived in the Region of the Land occupied by the Unhorned.
No. I know why the land doesn't have unicorns.

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why not unicorns? maybe the phoenix, griffins, manticores, et al?
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Maybe that is why their numbers kept declining.
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I think that this reference to the "unhorned" refers to the Giant's fidelity. As in, they never cheated on their spouses.
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I don't get the comedy of the typo.
Is this some kind of verbal porn for nerds?
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Get me the human's lower horn!

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kevinswatch wrote:Get me the human's lower horn!

-jay
Wow!! That's the closest to pron I've ever seen from the High Lord!! :biggrin: ;)
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You've never seen Jay launch into his "Me So Horned" schtick.
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Creator wrote:
kevinswatch wrote:Get me the human's lower horn!

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Wow!! That's the closest to pron I've ever seen from the High Lord!! :biggrin: ;)
Bah. So sue me for using a Futurama quote (the best show ever).-jay
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Does it show my age (or lack thereof) that I must ask "What's Futurama?"
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Auleliel wrote:Does it show my age (or lack thereof) that I must ask "What's Futurama?"
A Simpsons/Family Guy genre animated sitcom on FOX: www.tv.com/Futurama/show/249/summary.html. Bender is hilarious.
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Auleliel wrote:Does it show my age (or lack thereof) that I must ask "What's Futurama?"
Not really. The show only lasted a few seasons. A lot of people never saw it. However, it was outstanding. Reruns are on Comedy Central.-jay
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AjK wrote:
Auleliel wrote:"What's Futurama?"
A Simpsons/Family Guy genre animated sitcom on FOX: www.tv.com/Futurama/show/249/summary.html. Bender is hilarious.
Thanks for the link.
kevinswatch wrote:The show only lasted a few seasons. A lot of people never saw it.
Not being much of a TV-watcher, that explains a lot.

Okay, now that I'm no longer confused we may return to the original program. I mean, thread topic.
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