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Re: CHAT: what fruit bat?

From:Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
Date:Monday, January 7, 2002, 8:40
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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