The Wee Free Men (Terry David John Pratchett) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги

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“They can tak’ oour lives, but they cannae tak’ oour troousers!” This is “They can take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom”, from the movie Braveheart.

“Bang went saxpence!” is of those punchlines everyone’s forgotten the joke to, reflecting the alleged meanness of the Scots. It comes from a Punch cartoon in which a Scotsman complains about the expense of London. “Mun, a had na’ been the-erre abune Twa Hoours when- Bang went Saxpence!!!”

“Ye’ll tak’ the high road an’ I’ll tak’ yer wallet!” is based on the refrain of ‘The Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond’: “Ye tak’ the high road, and I’ll tak’ the low road”.

“There can only be one t’ousand!” is still based on the “There can be only one” quote from Highlander, as already seen in Carpe Jugulum.

“Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!” echoes the sentiments of The Who’s song ‘Won’t get fooled again’.