• SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    “There were a large number of ranks in the armies of the Empire and many of them were untranslatable. Three Pink Pig and Five White Fang were, loosely speaking, privates, and not just because they were pale, vulnerable and inclined to curl up and hide when danger threatened.”

    Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times

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      It’s more a play on words of ‘private’ meaning secret. But… yea. They don’t know shit lmao