The meaning of the Discworld names
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To me, this was rather a reference to the Llamas of Monty Python ... And yes, Sto Lat actually exists : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sto_lat
Until I found that out, the name "Sto Lat" had no meaning to me.
Something like "stoic lait", perhaps ?
Until I found that out, the name "Sto Lat" had no meaning to me.
Something like "stoic lait", perhaps ?
Alrik Fassbauer said:
To me, this was rather a reference to the Llamas of Monty Python ... And yes, Sto Lat actually exists : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sto_lat
Until I found that out, the name "Sto Lat" had no meaning to me.
Something like "stoic lait", perhaps ?
Until I found that out, the name "Sto Lat" had no meaning to me.
Something like "stoic lait", perhaps ?
Archaeologist said:
'Sto Lat' had no meaning to me, either. I just thought it sounded cool.
I'm sure you all know it, but I'll say it anyway: Fourecks, which is how one would say 'XXXX', which is a brand of Australian beer. I used to drive past a XXXX factory every day.
Not to be confused with XXX, of course.
I'm sure you all know it, but I'll say it anyway: Fourecks, which is how one would say 'XXXX', which is a brand of Australian beer. I used to drive past a XXXX factory every day.
Not to be confused with XXX, of course.
Tonyblack said:
Archaeologist said:
'Sto Lat' had no meaning to me, either. I just thought it sounded cool.
I'm sure you all know it, but I'll say it anyway: Fourecks, which is how one would say 'XXXX', which is a brand of Australian beer. I used to drive past a XXXX factory every day.
Not to be confused with XXX, of course.
I'm sure you all know it, but I'll say it anyway: Fourecks, which is how one would say 'XXXX', which is a brand of Australian beer. I used to drive past a XXXX factory every day.
Not to be confused with XXX, of course.
Tonyblack said:
Mind you.... living in Brisbane (home of the XXXX Brewery) we get the American Navy here each year for War Games up a bit further north and heaps of the young sailors on leave for a while. (You can recognise them easily.... they are the ones wearing T-Shirts in winter while we are in coats).
Was talking to a taxi driver one night the navy was in town and he was telling me how MANY of the yank sailors insist on him driving them in the direction of the huge XXXX sign you can see from alot of Brissy. (Its over the Brewery)....... seems they think it denotes the "Red Light" district of Brisbane.... they are a bit shocked to find out that nearby are lots of lovely street cafes and coffee shops
Oh and on a personal level.... XXX's can mean kisses too.
We had huge billboards a few years ago that read:
IF YOU WANT LONGER LASTING SEX - RING 555 444 333
After some complaints they changed the billboards to:
IF YOU WANT LONGER LASTING XXX - ring 555 444 333
We were driving fown the freeway when my little one quietly mouthed the words (she was just learning to read)... looked across at me and said: "..and longer lasting hugs too hey Mum. They should have put on kisses AND hugs"
We had huge billboards a few years ago that read:
IF YOU WANT LONGER LASTING SEX - RING 555 444 333
After some complaints they changed the billboards to:
IF YOU WANT LONGER LASTING XXX - ring 555 444 333
We were driving fown the freeway when my little one quietly mouthed the words (she was just learning to read)... looked across at me and said: "..and longer lasting hugs too hey Mum. They should have put on kisses AND hugs"
I was just watching an episode from series 5 of QI where they asked a question about "Rough Music" - not of the contestants had heard of it and, to be honest, neither had I before reading I Shall Wear Midnight. They said that it was the punishment handed out to wife beaters in English villages up until about 100 years ago.
All the villagers would turn up at the accused's house at midnight banging pots and making a noise to shame the person concerned.
It's always good to see a Pratchett related reference.
All the villagers would turn up at the accused's house at midnight banging pots and making a noise to shame the person concerned.
It's always good to see a Pratchett related reference.
Tonyblack said:
I was just watching an episode from series 5 of QI where they asked a question about "Rough Music" - not of the contestants had heard of it and, to be honest, neither had I before reading I Shall Wear Midnight.
http://youtu.be/uXom0OP3Rwk
Archaeologist said:
I know Brisbane like the back of my hand. I remember those billboards.
Want longer lasting XXX? Then put some damn effort in you selfish b*****d! :twisted:
think backwards.
The Llamedos/Llareggub thing: It always pays to think of Pratchett placenames backwards.
In the early books and on the Mappe is a location called Ecalpon...
Incidentally, the only word in the Welsh language even remotely like "llamedos" took some searching for - it's obselete and only used in poetry and Eisteiddfods, but the word llymdost has a meaning of "smelly" or "pungent". It also has a meaning, in poetry, of something almost offensively maudlin. Well, that's what Aberystwyth University's Welsh Language and Culture department knows, anyway.
The Llamedos/Llareggub thing: It always pays to think of Pratchett placenames backwards.
In the early books and on the Mappe is a location called Ecalpon...
Incidentally, the only word in the Welsh language even remotely like "llamedos" took some searching for - it's obselete and only used in poetry and Eisteiddfods, but the word llymdost has a meaning of "smelly" or "pungent". It also has a meaning, in poetry, of something almost offensively maudlin. Well, that's what Aberystwyth University's Welsh Language and Culture department knows, anyway.
