# 3rd Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 10, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-chronicles-of-thomas-covenant/268427 "2004-10-10T02:01:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-chronicles-of-thomas-covenant/268427/21 "2004-10-11T00:00:33Z")

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> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#):
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> And he can sure turn a phrase, like “The argent detritus was strewn across the ground outside the old silver mine”. 😃

I’ll have to go get a Donaldson book out to see if your sentence is long enough to qualify.

Now I’m going to have to go use “argent detritus” in another thread.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-chronicles-of-thomas-covenant/268427/22 "2004-10-11T01:11:54Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> Now I’m going to have to go use “argent detritus” in another thread.

I think he’s a troll character in the new Discworld novel… 😉

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