Discworld, was Re: what fruit bat?

Am 06.01.02, Christophe Grandsire yscrifef:

> 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.
Well, it is a world, and a mirror of worlds.

Note that the subdivision of the A-M dollar is the "penny",
a la England. Though the dollar itself is more like the US
gold dollar in size - "sequin sized" - though tis said that
seawater contains, on average, more gold than an A-M dollar!

As for the wahoonie, well, what can I say? A-M in summer is
a feast for the olfactory nodes! ;)

> Christophe.
Padraic.
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