Re: CHAT: what fruit bat?

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On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Joe Hill wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 10:17 PM
> Subject: Re: what fruit bat?
>
>
> > En réponse à Joe Hill <joe@...>:
> >
> > >
> > > Ankh Morpork is urban England,
> >
> > Well, I've just bought my first Discworld book (the 25th: The Truth. What
> a
> > prolific author :)))) ), and according to the description of Ankh Morpork,
> the
> > fact that they use the dollar as currency, and its description as the "Big
> > Wahoonie", I'd say it's a satire of New York.
> >
>
> No, it's definitely london. The river that runs through the middle of it
> give's it away.  It's a very good description ofthe Thames.  Remember Pterry
> is English.
>
It's also a very good description of the Yarra. Except that you can't
skateboard down it, but [/other/] than that. It's probably a pretty good
discription of any city with a river going through it.

Tristan