Do the Happy Reference Dance!

Sometimes searching for photo reference online is like trying to hack through a forest of thorns with a spoon – other times you land something completely unexpected and wildly exceeding your most irrational dreams.

HOLY COW SOLDIER REFERENCE!!

Thank goodness for those little patches the History Monks put in time, that make people reenact wars of the past and bring their cameras.

[looks at more]

[falls over]

Pronunciation Question

Obviously, I've been rereading Monstrous Regiment ... but I've been seized by doubt:

Polly's family name, Perks – is it pronounced like a plural of perk, or is it like clerk, derby, and Berkshire in that the 'er' is pronounced like 'ar,' thus making it 'Parks' and much easier for Strappi (and assorted others) to turn into 'Parts'? I tried finding some sample clips of the book on tape but the only one I found was a big stretch of internal monologue with no mention of names at all.

Help?

EDIT: Thanks karwei – yet another yawning gap of uncertainty has closed in my life. :)