# Discworld real-world locations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-real-world-locations/155695>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-real-world-locations/155695 "2003-02-17T19:51:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-real-world-locations/155695/21 "2003-02-19T01:09:24Z")

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A lot of this is also discussed at [www.lspace.org](http://www.lspace.org) check out the Annoited Pratchett File (APF)

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-real-world-locations/155695/22 "2003-02-19T01:58:34Z")

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> What brought this to mind was that I’m currently reading Carpe Jugulum, and there is a reference to Shawn Ogg creating a Lancre knife with all sorts of implements in it. Aha! That means Lancre is Switzerland. Which is kind of obvious if you think about it. I guess.

Nope. Scotland. This is clear from Lancre’s first appearance in _Wyrd Sisters_, which is a spoof of _MacBeth_, Shakespeare’s famous “Scottish play.” Also, there are all sorts of other fairies and godlings, like Herne the Hunted, the Pictsies (easily my favorite pun in all of Pratchett’s writing) or the Long Man, who are recognizable as British, if not specifically Scottish.

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