Scoone Avenue - Revision history

Wonderful Fanny: added hills, sloping towards Grand Trunk

2018-02-10T06:27:10Z

added hills, sloping towards Grand Trunk

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	'''Scoone Avenue''' is the face of the wealthy (old-money) district of [[Ankh (city)\|Ankh]],		'''Scoone Avenue''' is the face of the wealthy (old-money) district of [[Ankh (city)\|Ankh]],
	the front-row seat from which to look down on grotty [[Morpork]] across the river.		the front-row seat from which to look down on grotty [[Morpork]] across the river. It is a broad, tree-lined avenue that slopes upward towards the highest ground, upon which stands the [[Grand Trunk]] clacks tower, offering panoramic views of the city below.
	It begins at the [[King's Way]] with the ancestral [[Ramkin Residence\|mansion]] of the aristocratic [[Sybil Ramkin\|Ramkin]] family, now the home of the city's wealthiest and most powerful couple, and follows the curve of the river hubwards to [[Hen & Chickens Field]].		It begins at the [[King's Way]] with the ancestral [[Ramkin Residence\|mansion]] of the aristocratic [[Sybil Ramkin\|Ramkin]] family, now the home of the city's wealthiest and most powerful couple, and follows the curve of the river hubwards to [[Hen & Chickens Field]].
	Despite the Ramkin family's retaliation against [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|"Bloody Stupid" Johnson]] working on ''their'' estate, Johnson did contribute to Scoone Avenue nevertheless. No.1 Scoone Avenue was accidentally built entirely upside down. The cellars, the only part above ground, are still in use.		Despite the Ramkin family's retaliation against [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|"Bloody Stupid" Johnson]] working on ''their'' estate, Johnson did contribute to Scoone Avenue nevertheless. No.1 Scoone Avenue was accidentally built entirely upside down. The cellars, the only part above ground, are still in use.

AgProv: Expanding with information from the relevant Yearbook

2016-07-12T22:47:36Z

Expanding with information from the relevant Yearbook

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	Following their marriage, [[Moist von Lipwig]] and [[Adora Belle Dearheart]] now reside on this street, as befits their joint status and occupations in service of the City.		Following their marriage, [[Moist von Lipwig]] and [[Adora Belle Dearheart]] now reside on this street, as befits their joint status and occupations in service of the City.

			Previous distinguished or othewrwise notorious residents on this street include Sir [[Desmond Pontefract]], who was known to the Post Office as a difficult person to deliver to.

	=== Annotation ===		=== Annotation ===

Old Dickens: layout

2014-01-12T05:31:13Z

layout

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	A particular detail in the description of the street's residents ("People in Scoone Avenue were said to be so aloof they wouldn't even talk to the gods. This was a slight slander. They would talk to gods, if they were well-bred gods of decent family") brings to mind a section of a well-known poem concerning the families of the so-called Brahmins, the old-moneyed clans of Boston, Massachusetts:		A particular detail in the description of the street's residents ("People in Scoone Avenue were said to be so aloof they wouldn't even talk to the gods. This was a slight slander. They would talk to gods, if they were well-bred gods of decent family") brings to mind a section of a well-known poem concerning the families of the so-called Brahmins, the old-moneyed clans of Boston, Massachusetts:
	"So this is good old Boston,
	the home of the bean and the cod,		''So this is good old Boston,'' <BR>
	where the Lowells talk only to the Cabots,		''the home of the bean and the cod,''<BR>
	and the Cabots talk only to God."		''where the Lowells talk only to the Cabots,''<BR>
	(John C. Bossidy, in Toast to Holy Cross Alumni Dinner - 1910)		''and the Cabots talk only to God.''"<BR>
			...(John C. Bossidy, in Toast to Holy Cross Alumni Dinner - 1910)



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	[[Category:Streets of Ankh-Morpork]]		[[Category:Streets of Ankh-Morpork]]
	[[de:Teekuchenstraße]]		[[de:Teekuchenstraße]]

AgProv: Spoiler

2013-11-09T15:10:05Z

Spoiler

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	It begins at the [[King's Way]] with the ancestral [[Ramkin Residence\|mansion]] of the aristocratic [[Sybil Ramkin\|Ramkin]] family, now the home of the city's wealthiest and most powerful couple, and follows the curve of the river hubwards to [[Hen & Chickens Field]].		It begins at the [[King's Way]] with the ancestral [[Ramkin Residence\|mansion]] of the aristocratic [[Sybil Ramkin\|Ramkin]] family, now the home of the city's wealthiest and most powerful couple, and follows the curve of the river hubwards to [[Hen & Chickens Field]].
	Despite the Ramkin family's retaliation against [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|"Bloody Stupid" Johnson]] working on ''their'' estate, Johnson did contribute to Scoone Avenue nevertheless. No.1 Scoone Avenue was accidentally built entirely upside down. The cellars, the only part above ground, are still in use.		Despite the Ramkin family's retaliation against [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson\|"Bloody Stupid" Johnson]] working on ''their'' estate, Johnson did contribute to Scoone Avenue nevertheless. No.1 Scoone Avenue was accidentally built entirely upside down. The cellars, the only part above ground, are still in use.

			Following their marriage, [[Moist von Lipwig]] and [[Adora Belle Dearheart]] now reside on this street, as befits their joint status and occupations in service of the City.

	=== Annotation ===		=== Annotation ===

Old Dickens: layout

2013-09-08T17:34:32Z

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	[[de:Teekuchenstraße]]		[[de:Teekuchenstraße]]

Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

2012-09-24T00:11:05Z

1 revision: Discworld import 2

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'''Scoone Avenue''' is the face of the wealthy (old-money) district of [[Ankh (city)|Ankh]],
the front-row seat from which to look down on grotty [[Morpork]] across the river.
It begins at the [[King's Way]] with the ancestral [[Ramkin Residence|mansion]] of the aristocratic [[Sybil Ramkin|Ramkin]] family, now the home of the city's wealthiest and most powerful couple, and follows the curve of the river hubwards to [[Hen & Chickens Field]].
Despite the Ramkin family's retaliation against [[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson|"Bloody Stupid" Johnson]] working on ''their'' estate, Johnson did contribute to Scoone Avenue nevertheless. No.1 Scoone Avenue was accidentally built entirely upside down. The cellars, the only part above ground, are still in use.

=== Annotation ===

"Scoone" is the posh way to pronounce scone.

A particular detail in the description of the street's residents ("People in Scoone Avenue were said to be so aloof they wouldn't even talk to the gods. This was a slight slander. They would talk to gods, if they were well-bred gods of decent family") brings to mind a section of a well-known poem concerning the families of the so-called Brahmins, the old-moneyed clans of Boston, Massachusetts:
"So this is good old Boston,
the home of the bean and the cod,
where the Lowells talk only to the Cabots,
and the Cabots talk only to God."
(John C. Bossidy, in Toast to Holy Cross Alumni Dinner - 1910)

[[Category:Streets of Ankh-Morpork]]
[[de:Teekuchenstraße]]