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The Meaning of Liff (Meaning of Liff, #1) The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams
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“DIDLING (participal vb.)
The process of trying to work out who did it when reading a whodunnit, and trying to keep your options open so that when you find out you can allow yourself to think that you knew perfectly well who it was all along.”
― Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
“DETCHANT (n.)
That part of a hymn (usually a few notes at the end of a verse) where the tune goes so high or low that you suddenly have to change octaves to accommodate it.”
― Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
“Douglas, I've made a few small changes to acknowledge the passing of the years. Hope you're alive and well in some parallel universe - you're sadly missed in this one.

John Lloyd, Oxfordshire, 2013”
― John Lloyd, The Meaning of Liff