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'''Whopping Street''' runs between [[Humble Street]] and [[Losing Place]].  It begins at the intersection of the [[Shambles]], [[Pigsty Hill]] and Humble Street. Where it meets  [[Losing Street]] at Losing Place,  it becomes [[Tenth Egg Street]] and finally terminates at [[Kicklebury Street]].
'''Whopping Street''' runs between [[Humble Street]] and [[Losing Place]].  It begins at the intersection of the [[Shambles]], [[Pigsty Hill]] and Humble Street. Where it meets  [[Losing Street]] at Losing Place,  it becomes [[Tenth Egg Street]] and finally terminates at [[Kicklebury Street]].
== Annotation ==
Morphic resonance with its Roundworld homonym, the borough of {{wp|Wapping|Wapping}} in {{wp|London|London}}.
Calls to mind a joke in a joke book that the author of this note had as a child:
:"What's the largest borough of London?"
:"Wapping."


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

Latest revision as of 20:36, 27 November 2020

Whopping Street runs between Humble Street and Losing Place. It begins at the intersection of the Shambles, Pigsty Hill and Humble Street. Where it meets Losing Street at Losing Place, it becomes Tenth Egg Street and finally terminates at Kicklebury Street.

Annotation

Morphic resonance with its Roundworld homonym, the borough of Wapping in London.

Calls to mind a joke in a joke book that the author of this note had as a child:

"What's the largest borough of London?"
"Wapping."