Hey does anyone know the words to the hedgehog song? Cause i was looking at a "you know you read to much discworld when.. ." on The Turtle Moves and apparantly the lyrics are out there but I havent been able to find them, like, ever so if anyone knows?

Someone posted a thread on this here.

There is a search function you can use for future queries about what has been posted on the boards here.

You might also want to try running a search on "Hedgehog song" at www.lspace.org. They'll probably have a version.

Thank you! I'm new so please 4give me for duplicating an existing post + thanx for the advice&links.

No problem. Duplicating an existing thread once or twice as a newbit is not a big deal. I linked that thread because it has the answer to your question and a very nice musical adaptation of the song.

Hm... The link to Wazzo's page doesn't work for me... :(
I was never able to imagine the tune, sadly.

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

ive managed to find it a couple of times, if you want i could go and search for the links again im sure i could find them again

[quote:5f6409ee82="Angua_rox"]Thank you! I'm new so please 4give me for duplicating an existing post + thanx for the advice&links.[/quote:5f6409ee82]

The words are "forgive," "and," and "thanks." In the future, please use them correctly. This is not a chatroom. There is no excuse for chatspeak.

Why are use using chatspeak in the first place? You have made perfectly intelligible posts in this board, so it's not a matter of you being used to that sort of thing, to the point it is a reflex.

[quote:22d84c6b21="Ba"][quote:22d84c6b21="Angua_rox"]Thank you! I'm new so please 4give me for duplicating an existing post + thanx for the advice&links.[/quote:22d84c6b21]

The words are "forgive," "and," and "thanks." In the future, please use them correctly. This is not a chatroom. There is no excuse for chatspeak.[/quote:22d84c6b21]

I apologise fully for my actions. You are right there is no excuse for using chatroom talk! I must have been spending too long texting. . . Just so I don't cause offence in future is the & symbol acceptable for and?

No. It is only two extra characters. It is not a hardship to type.

Very well. I presume that saying don't etc instead of do not and etc instead of etcetera are all right?

Indeed. Ordinary contractions and some abbreviations are a normal part of the language.

True but I had thought that some contractions could make harder to read for those who don't have English as a first language. That's fine though, thank you for clearing the matter up.
Just out of curiousity why is chatroom talk frowned upon here? Is it because of those whose mother tongue isn't English? Or is it just out of politeness?

Partly those whose native tongue isn't English. Partly because everyone who uses chatspeak should be slowly flayed alive, dipped in salt, and then cut into little pieces, starting at the extremeties.

[quote:639b70c0fc="Ba"]Partly those whose native tongue isn't English. Partly because everyone who uses chatspeak should be slowly flayed alive, dipped in salt, and then cut into little pieces, starting at the extremeties.[/quote:639b70c0fc]

To expand on that, raping the English language, stealing everything in its house, killing its little kids and setting fire to the house as you leave is [i:639b70c0fc]not[/i:639b70c0fc] a nice thing to do. In fact, I would go as far as to call it... vexing. Fortunately, you did not go that far.

Now, if one wishes to be treated like an intelligent person, one must make the effort to write as one. Outside of a chatroom, there is no need to post in a hurry. One should make the extra effort, as the lack of it will mean lack of respect for the poster.

If one is unable to make the extra effort, due to being unfamiliar with the language or dyslectic, then that is understandable, though we still expect them to do what they can. It's not much we're asking for, in my opinion, but I thank you for respecting our guidelines nontheless. First time mistakes are only to be expected.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. - Rabbi Moshe ben-Maimon