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Old 05-02-2026, 06:10 PM   #4501
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Would a Generalleutnant in 1944 describe someone as being "all bent out of shape"?
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Old 05-03-2026, 03:08 AM   #4502
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Would a Generalleutnant in 1944 describe someone as being "all bent out of shape"?
Maybe if he was describing someone's physical appearance after an injury.
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Old 05-03-2026, 04:45 AM   #4503
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Maybe if he was describing someone's physical appearance after an injury.
Maybe @issybird was to refer as for its:
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Schap is exclusively neuter in Northern Dutch, but feminine in many Southern Dutch varieties.
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Adam's adventures with his cronies, Them, could have been lifted entirely from a scene in a Just William where William and the Outlaws are hanging out. So much so, I take it as homage
I'm absolutely certain that Adam's adventures are a homage to Just William.

Having heard Martin Jarvis' Just William radio adaptions, I can see that he might use that same voice in Good Omens.
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Seen a fanfic use both "unalive" and "sh*t" in the span of a single chapter. This was on Archive of Our Own, which is as pretty much anti-censorship as is posssible and doesn't even allow monetization.

Yeah, I'm just ???
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I'm absolutely certain that Adam's adventures are a homage to Just William.
Both authors confirmed in various interviews that Good Omens grew from Gaiman's short story William - the Antichrist, a parody of Just William mixed with The Omen horror film.
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