This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Ununnilium: Phartman? If you have a problem with an entry, say so; don't just slide in a little insult to whoever the entry is talking about.
Jordan: Does Otto Chriek from the Discworld novels count?
Andyroid: I think so. Though it's hinted in Thud! that Otto's Funny Foreigner behavior is at least partly an act, to make him seem funny and harmless.
Jordan: Yeah, I think I'll add him as being like Poirot- using obfuscating stupidity by being a funny foreigner.
...those non-Americans who watched the 2004 U.S. elections are being suspiciously quiet about this.
HeartBurn Kid: Hey now! That was only 51% of us!
Why is Kazakhstan in quotes? It's a real country.
Because there was no filming in Kazakhstan, no language from there, and nothing to indicate he was really from there. It's almost a literal "he's from Ruritania"
