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* ExactWords: It takes a [[RefugeInAudacity pretty steep amount of wordplay]], but Mrs. Battye is able to explain to Patrician Vetinari that seamstress work does sound like prostitution just enough for the Guild to warrant its name.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Sandra Battye's reasons why her Guild should have ''that'' name. A seamstress is, quite obviously, a woman that works, she does work for men by going to their places and handling their unmentionables, and "copulatrices" [[ExactWords in this case]] would mean "copulate pieces of fabric to create clothing".
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* RefugeInAudacity: Sandra Battye's reasons why her Guild should have ''that'' name. A seamstress is, quite obviously, a woman that works, she does work for men by going to their places and handling their unmentionables, unmentionables for a price, and "copulatrices" [[ExactWords in this case]] would mean "copulate pieces of fabric to create clothing".
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* BandOfBrothels: Mrs Sandra Battye has in fact secured Guild status for the ''other'' sort of ''Seamstress'', the type that actually mends clothes, and is naming it the '''Guild of Prostitutes'''.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sandra. Perhaps also Vetinari.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sandra. Perhaps also Vetinari.
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* BandOfBrothels: Mrs Sandra Battye has in fact secured Guild status for the ''other'' sort of ''Seamstress'', the type that actually mends clothes, and is naming it the '''Guild of Prostitutes'''.
Prostitutes, Copulatrices and Working Women'''.
* DeadpanSnarker:Sandra.Sandra is able to explain how a seamstress would (quite broadly) fall under the definition of "prostitute, copulatrice and working woman" with a very honest tone. Perhaps also Vetinari.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Sandra Battye's reasons why her Guild should have ''that'' name.
* UnusualEuphemism: Sandra manages to subvert this and subvert it again.
* UnusualEuphemism: Sandra manages to subvert this and subvert it again.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Sandra Battye's reasons why her Guild should have ''that'' name. \n A seamstress is, quite obviously, a woman that works, she does work for men by going to their places and handling their unmentionables, and "copulatrices" [[ExactWords in this case]] would mean "copulate pieces of fabric to create clothing".
* UnusualEuphemism: Sandra manages to subvert this and subvert it again. Her entire conversation with Vetinari is how she plans to start and expand the city's (actual) seamstress market in terms that make her sound like starting a prostitute ring. Mrs. Rosie Palm (the leader of the actual prostitute guild) can only sputter outrage at all of the wordplay.
* UnusualEuphemism: Sandra manages to subvert this and subvert it again. Her entire conversation with Vetinari is how she plans to start and expand the city's (actual) seamstress market in terms that make her sound like starting a prostitute ring. Mrs. Rosie Palm (the leader of the actual prostitute guild) can only sputter outrage at all of the wordplay.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: So the Guild of prostitutes [[UnusualEuphemism does not wishes to be called that]]? Ok, cool. Let's see how much clientele they lose in the confusion of the Guild of ''non''-prostitutes grabbing the name.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: So the Guild of prostitutes [[UnusualEuphemism does not wishes to be called that]]? Ok, cool. Let's see how much clientele of a headache they lose in can handle with the confusion of the Guild of ''non''-prostitutes grabbing the name.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Ok, so So the Guild of prostitutes [[UnusualEuphemism does not wishes to be called that]]? Ok, cool. Let's see how much clientele they lose in the confusion of the Guild of ''non''-prostitutes grabbing the name.
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* HoistByHerOwnPetard: HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Ok, so the Guild of prostitutes [[UnusualEuphemism does not wishes to be called that]]? Ok, cool. Let's see how much clientele they lose in the confusion of the Guild of ''non''-prostitutes grabbing the name.
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* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Ok, so the Guild of prostitutes [[UnusualEuphemism does not wishes to be called that]]? Ok, cool. Let's see how much clientele they lose in the confusion of the Guild of ''non''-prostitutes grabbing the name.
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Universally critically acclaimed. To be found '''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5016509/1/The-New-Guild here]]'''
A slightly expanded, revised and improved version of the story is '''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/771371 here]].'''
A slightly expanded, revised and improved version of the story is '''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/771371 here]].'''
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* BandOfBrothels: Mrs Sandra Battye has in fact secured Guild status for the ''other'' sort of ''Seamstress'', the type that actually mends clothes, and is naming it the '''Guild of Prostitutes'''.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Sandra manages to subvert this and subvert it again. \n\n
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A one-shot ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' short in which Lord Vetinari has to rule on the establishment of a new City Guild and whether or not its chosen name is permissible.
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A one-shot ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' short by Creator/AAPessimal in which Lord Vetinari has to rule on the establishment of a new City Guild and whether or not its chosen name is permissible.
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A one-shot ''{{Discworld}}'' short in which Lord Vetinari has to rule on the establishment of a new City Guild and whether or not its chosen name is permissible.
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A one-shot ''{{Discworld}}'' ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' short in which Lord Vetinari has to rule on the establishment of a new City Guild and whether or not its chosen name is permissible.
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A slightly expanded, revised and improved version of the story is '''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/771371 here]].'''
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A one-shot ''{{Discworld}}'' short in which Lord Vetinari has to rule on the establishment of a new City Guild and whether or not its chosen name is permissible.
Universally critically acclaimed.
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Universally critically acclaimed.
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