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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I recall reading that he later said he wished he had gone with dwarrow since it's an older root word.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He could have just written a story about how a wizard changed the word.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

Discworld explanation for anything unexplainable: 'Wizard did it"