The meaning of the Discworld names

[Foul Ole Ron's Smell]

So true. But wasn't it Stanley who killed the assassin in GP when he, to put it mildly, got mad?

Nope. Wasn't him who finished him off. He got a good 'un in, tho'!

He got what?

[Foul Ole Ron's Smell]

Always wondered where the name "Moist Von Lipwig" was a play on Ludwig Von Beethoven.

I thought he had a wet false beard.

Even if he didn't it seems to reflect his characteristics, I mean the tendency to disguise.

[Archaeologist]

I never realised Llamedos was 'sod em all' backwards. It sounds so pretty!

[Tonyblack]

I never realised Llamedos was 'sod em all' backwards. It sounds so pretty!

[Bouncy Castle]

Wasn't Anathama <?sp> Device in Good Omens?

[Tonyblack]

Wasn't Anathama <?sp> Device in Good Omens?

Yes!

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I never realised Llamedos was 'sod em all' backwards. It sounds so pretty!

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 ?

[Foul Ole Ron's Smell]

I never realised Llamedos was 'sod em all' backwards. It sounds so pretty!

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 ?

Of course it does. I sang it, like, hundreds of times.

[Archaeologist]

'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.

[Tonyblack]

'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 certain you're right, but it also refers to the practice, by early cartographers, of marking unexplored areas with Xs.

[Foul Ole Ron's Smell]

'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 certain you're right, but it also refers to the practice, by early cartographers, of marking unexplored areas with Xs.

Plus Fourecks seems to be Discworld's equivalent of Australia.

[meerkat]

Don't forget the lager from Oz! ' I don;t give a four X!' or something similar.

[Tonyblack]

Castlemaine XXXX

[Archaeologist]

The Discworld equivalent of Australia named after beer and cartographic shorthand for hitherto unexplored wilderness. Very droll, Pratchett. Very droll.

I can only think of really obvious ones right now. They don't really count, do they?

[Tonyblack]

The Discworld equivalent of Australia named after beer and cartographic shorthand for hitherto unexplored wilderness. Very droll, Pratchett. Very droll.

I can only think of really obvious ones right now. They don't really count, do they?

Four Xs also are sometimes used to donate a blanked out swearword.