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Old 07-04-2020, 05:21 AM   #9
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[...] To see what a writer with an ear for speech can do without dialogue tags, try Pratchett's Discworld, notably when the original three witches are embroiled in debate.

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat are marvellously differentiated not only in appearance, and character, but in speech as well. You can never mistake one for the other.
Just finished re-reading Witches Abroad - the maiden, the mother and ... the other one!
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