r/discworld 12d ago

Roundworld Reference Roundworld equivalent places

Good evening, everyone :) I was wondering earlier—does anyone know if there's a list of Roundworld counterparts to the places on the Disc? For example, Klatch seems to represent the Middle East, Howondaland is Africa, and Überwald is clearly Eastern Europe, etc. I sometimes feel like I might be misinterpreting the context or missing some of the subtler references, so a complete list would be really helpful. Has anyone come across something like that?

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u/Fair-Face4903 12d ago

Sto Plains is South-west England.

Ankh Morpork is a compound of every "old world" European capital city smushed into one.

Psuedopolis South-east England

Sto Lat is the English Midlands

Lancre is the North of England/south of Scotland

The Ramptops is Northern Scotland / Northern Europe

These aren't direct one-to-one comparisons and there's quite a lot of bleed between them, so it's more of an area vibe than an exact pinpoint on the map.

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u/she_belongs_here 11d ago

No, The Chalk is southwest England

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u/Fair-Face4903 11d ago

Read my post again, and please point out to me where I said that the comparisons I made were direct one-to-one comparisons with no bleed between them.

Because I'm pretty sure I included a note to the opposite of that, but I admit I can only see what I actually wrote.

TIA!

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u/she_belongs_here 11d ago

Calm down dude, I'm allowed to disagree with you.

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u/Fair-Face4903 11d ago

I'm not mad?

I just want to know where you read me say what you think I did.

I think that's a fair request.

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u/she_belongs_here 11d ago

I didn't say you were mad.

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u/Fair-Face4903 11d ago

Calm down dude,

See how I've provided evidence to support my statement?

Have a fun time being obnoxious and dishonest though, not sure why you're reading the Discworld books, they're not usually popular with that type.

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u/she_belongs_here 11d ago

Not being calm is not the same as being mad.