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clearjim Started conversation Feb 17, 2007
If the 8th son of the 8th son is a wizard and the 8th son of a wizard is a sourcerer, then what is the 8th son of a sourcerer?
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SEF Posted Feb 17, 2007
I thought that first bit was supposed to be 7th son of a 7th son normally with it only being the 8th of the 8th to make a wizard in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. Having got as far as the next 8th son to make a sourcerer, I think they are supposed to come to sticky ends far too soon to make any more generations!
Meanwhile, the decimal equivalent would be tens, hundreds and thousands with no special word for ten-thousand etc until one gets to a million.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Feb 17, 2007
You might get a better answer to this question if you take it to <./>Askh2g2</.> 
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SEF Posted Feb 17, 2007
Or even to one of the Pratchett/Discworld pages, eg:
A292790
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or <./>search</.> for "pratchett" or "discworld" etc
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