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enuddleyarbl · 08-04-2022, 04:12 PM

EDIT: Aargh. Never mind. The footnote in the original is split from the previous footnote text and refers to that footnote's location. It's not one of Pratchett's nested footnotes. It's just a mistake. Sorry.

OP: Since the mods moved my other footnote problem question into this forum, I'll assume it's a good choice to ask another. This time, in Pratchett's "Witches Abroad" (which is, of course, an excellent book to read), the 3rd footnote is only partially present and doesn't seem to belong to the sentence that originates it.

I've checked the epub I'm editing, the epub first converted in Calibre and my archived azw3 as downloaded last year from Amazon. They all have the footnote originating very near the beginning where a certain person and her helper is putting up an effigy with mirror, hat and coat. The two single-sentence paragraphs before the footnote are:

"The piece of mirror gleamed between the darkness of the hat and the coat.

“Will it work?” he said."

The fragment of the footnote I actually have says: "are being whisked away on the roof-racks of stolen cars and loyal alsatians are choking on the fingers of midnight burglars. And they’re not confined to any one world. Hundreds of female Mercurian <i>jivpts</i> turn four tiny eyes on their rescuers and say, “My brood-husband will be livid—it was <i>his</i> travel module.” Urban myths are alive."

Does anyone have the full footnote text or know where it actually belongs?

08-04-2022, 04:12 PM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	Pratchett's "Witches Abroad": Footnote Hijinks EDIT: Aargh. Never mind. The footnote in the original is split from the previous footnote text and refers to that footnote's location. It's not one of Pratchett's nested footnotes. It's just a mistake. Sorry. OP: Since the mods moved my other footnote problem question into this forum, I'll assume it's a good choice to ask another. This time, in Pratchett's "Witches Abroad" (which is, of course, an excellent book to read), the 3rd footnote is only partially present and doesn't seem to belong to the sentence that originates it. I've checked the epub I'm editing, the epub first converted in Calibre and my archived azw3 as downloaded last year from Amazon. They all have the footnote originating very near the beginning where a certain person and her helper is putting up an effigy with mirror, hat and coat. The two single-sentence paragraphs before the footnote are: "The piece of mirror gleamed between the darkness of the hat and the coat. “Will it work?” he said." The fragment of the footnote I actually have says: "are being whisked away on the roof-racks of stolen cars and loyal alsatians are choking on the fingers of midnight burglars. And they’re not confined to any one world. Hundreds of female Mercurian <i>jivpts</i> turn four tiny eyes on their rescuers and say, “My brood-husband will be livid—it was <i>his</i> travel module.” Urban myths are alive." Does anyone have the full footnote text or know where it actually belongs? Last edited by enuddleyarbl; 08-04-2022 at 06:17 PM.