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What's in a name
Irving Washington Started conversation Sep 17, 2007
The footnoted name you mention on the page reminds me of the great composer Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfernschplendenschlittercrasscrenbonfrieddiggerdingledangledongledunglebursteinvonknackerthrasherapplebangerhorowitzticolensicgranderknottyspelltinkle- grandlichgrumblemeyerspelterwasserkurstlichhimbleeisenbahnwagengutenabend- bitteeinnürnburgerbratwustlegerspurtenmitzweimacheluberhundsfutgumberaber- shönedankerkalbsfleischmittleraucher von Hautkopft of Ulm
What's in a name
Dizzy H. Muffin Posted Sep 17, 2007
Ah yes ... wasn't he the one who wrote Ankh-Morpork's national anthem, the only anthem with a second verse which *formally* consists of incoherent mumbling?
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Irving Washington Posted Sep 18, 2007
Not unless Pratchett has been ripping off Monty Python.
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Dizzy H. Muffin Posted Sep 19, 2007
... Oh right, now I know who you're talking about.
What's in a name
Irving Washington Posted Sep 19, 2007
Which discworld novel are you referencing, by the way, I've only read a few.
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Dizzy H. Muffin Posted Sep 19, 2007
The Discworld Companion, actually. I'm not sure if the actual composer, a visiting vampire named Count Henrik Shline von Überwald (born 1703, died 1782, also died 1784, 1788, 1791, 1802, 1804, 1807, 1808, 1821, 1830, 1861, finally staked 1872) is actually mentioned in the novels proper, or which one(s) if he is ...
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Irving Washington Posted Sep 19, 2007
Ah. Cool. Need to get back into those. I've promised myself not to buy any more fiction books until I've read the ones I have.
Same deal for general non-fiction, philosophy, and religion.
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Dizzy H. Muffin Posted Sep 19, 2007
Yes ... the latest book, Making Money (a sequel-ish to a previous one called Going Postal) was released in the US yesterday, and will be released in the UK tomorrow.
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