Real-world Connections
Ankh-Morpork was twinned with the town of Wincanton in Somerset, in the south-west United Kingdom on the spherical planet Earth (known in the Discworld books as Roundworld) on 7 December 2002. The town is home to a Discworld shop called "The Cunning Artificer" which is named after a street in Ankh-Morpork. However due to legal reasons, the twinning was not officially displayed on the road sign. Fans however have added stick-on notices to some of the signs. This has now been changed and a new town sign prominently declaring the twinning with Ankh-Morpork and other Roundworld places has been erected. This sign was designed by the Cunning Artificer himself, Bernard Pearson. Several streets in a new housing development in Wincanton have been named after Ankh-Morpork Streets, including Peach Pie Street and Treacle Mine Road.
The word "Morpork" is from a type of Australasian owl called the Morepork, which is depicted holding the Ankh on the coat of arms.
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