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Old Dickens at 16:21, 6 July 2015

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	Its just occured to me... if the cry of the bird heralds death... and the Ankh is a symbol of life... thats quite a nice, sort of, duality going on there. If Pterry really didn't know about that when he first wrote it, it looks like this is another case where Narrativia smiled and made things magically work out. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 15:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)		Its just occured to me... if the cry of the bird heralds death... and the Ankh is a symbol of life... thats quite a nice, sort of, duality going on there. If Pterry really didn't know about that when he first wrote it, it looks like this is another case where Narrativia smiled and made things magically work out. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 15:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

			:It's hard to believe that TP, of all people, hadn't heard of the {{wp\|Morepork\|Morepork}}. He denied a lot of stuff. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:21, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

GallifreyanWitch at 15:05, 6 July 2015

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	Thanks to a discussion on the Discworld Monthly facebook page, it has been revealed that on Roundworld the Morepork is another name for the Tasmanian spotted owl, native to Tasmania and New Zealand (I.e. the [[Foggy Islands]]?). In fact with regards to Ankh-Morpork it is mentioned on the birds [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morepork Wikipedia] page, which also suggests Pterry had not heard of the bird at the time of naming the city, but retroactively associated the two. Again based on the facebook thread, apparently the name comes from the birds "distinctive hoot" that sounds like "More Pork", and someone else pointed out that apparently hearing the hoot is meant to be an omen of death.		Thanks to a discussion on the Discworld Monthly facebook page, it has been revealed that on Roundworld the Morepork is another name for the Tasmanian spotted owl, native to Tasmania and New Zealand (I.e. the [[Foggy Islands]]?). In fact with regards to Ankh-Morpork it is mentioned on the birds [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morepork Wikipedia] page, which also suggests Pterry had not heard of the bird at the time of naming the city, but retroactively associated the two. Again based on the facebook thread, apparently the name comes from the birds "distinctive hoot" that sounds like "More Pork", and someone else pointed out that apparently hearing the hoot is meant to be an omen of death.
	--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 14:49, 6 July 2015 (UTC)		--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 14:49, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
			Its just occured to me... if the cry of the bird heralds death... and the Ankh is a symbol of life... thats quite a nice, sort of, duality going on there. If Pterry really didn't know about that when he first wrote it, it looks like this is another case where Narrativia smiled and made things magically work out. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 15:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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	Surely Morpork is represented on the coat of arms as a owl? (In this world it is a Tasmanian Spotted Owl) [[User:Marmosetpower\|Marmosetpower]] 10:38, 23 February 2012 (CET).		Surely Morpork is represented on the coat of arms as a owl? (In this world it is a Tasmanian Spotted Owl) [[User:Marmosetpower\|Marmosetpower]] 10:38, 23 February 2012 (CET).


			Thanks to a discussion on the Discworld Monthly facebook page, it has been revealed that on Roundworld the Morepork is another name for the Tasmanian spotted owl, native to Tasmania and New Zealand (I.e. the [[Foggy Islands]]?). In fact with regards to Ankh-Morpork it is mentioned on the birds [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morepork Wikipedia] page, which also suggests Pterry had not heard of the bird at the time of naming the city, but retroactively associated the two. Again based on the facebook thread, apparently the name comes from the birds "distinctive hoot" that sounds like "More Pork", and someone else pointed out that apparently hearing the hoot is meant to be an omen of death.
			--[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 14:49, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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== The Owl ==

Surely Morpork is represented on the coat of arms as a owl? (In this world it is a Tasmanian Spotted Owl) [[User:Marmosetpower|Marmosetpower]] 10:38, 23 February 2012 (CET).

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	Its just occured to me... if the cry of the bird heralds death... and the Ankh is a symbol of life... thats quite a nice, sort of, duality going on there. If Pterry really didn't know about that when he first wrote it, it looks like this is another case where Narrativia smiled and made things magically work out. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 15:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)		Its just occured to me... if the cry of the bird heralds death... and the Ankh is a symbol of life... thats quite a nice, sort of, duality going on there. If Pterry really didn't know about that when he first wrote it, it looks like this is another case where Narrativia smiled and made things magically work out. --[[User:GallifreyanWitch\|Verity]] ([[User talk:GallifreyanWitch\|talk]]) 15:05, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

			:It's hard to believe that TP, of all people, hadn't heard of the {{wp\|Morepork\|Morepork}}. He denied a lot of stuff. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 16:21, 6 July 2015 (UTC)