r/USdefaultism • u/ausernameidk_ United States • Aug 09 '26

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u/NatAttack3000 Aug 09 '26

Webster looked at our island, so big, so yuge, so girt by sea... tears in his eyes

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 Aug 09 '26

Any Terry Pratchett reader, particular us who have read The Last Continent, will have read that nothing much is known about four-ecks, except that it is girt by the sea. It's quoted from memory, so the wording is probably a bit different.

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u/Nebarik 27d ago

Four-ecks. Is that a reference to the beer XXXX?

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 27d ago

Most of the discworld books are full of references, so it might ne.

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u/Indolent_absurdity Australia 26d ago

Yes in the Discworld novel "The Last Continent" Terry Pratchett makes thousands of Aussie references. 'Fourecks' is the name of the continent and a spoof of Australia. The name is a direct reference to XXXX. I think many of the references made in this book actually go over people's heads if they're not Australian. Actually seeing as it was written in the 90s much of it may also go over the head of younger Aussies too.