Talk:Bengo Macarona - Revision history

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	But then, it might refer to ''macaronic'': written in mixed languages, esp. a vernacular and [[Latatian\|dog-Latin]], or any jumbled mixture; also "pertaining to a 'macaroni', foppish, conceited". Or, there's ''mascherone'' > ''mascaron'', a mask. Perhaps it refers to the Discworld equivalent of ''Macaronesia'', the Islands of the Blessed, or directly to the Ephebian "Makaron": a blessed or happy man. {{wp\|Javier_Mascherano\|Javier Mascherano}}, anyone? Annotations, pfui! --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 15:04, 4 February 2010 (UTC)		But then, it might refer to ''macaronic'': written in mixed languages, esp. a vernacular and [[Latatian\|dog-Latin]], or any jumbled mixture; also "pertaining to a 'macaroni', foppish, conceited". Or, there's ''mascherone'' > ''mascaron'', a mask. Perhaps it refers to the Discworld equivalent of ''Macaronesia'', the Islands of the Blessed, or directly to the Ephebian "Makaron": a blessed or happy man. {{wp\|Javier_Mascherano\|Javier Mascherano}}, anyone? Annotations, pfui! --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 15:04, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
			:Scottish footballers ''Livingstone'' play in ''Tony Macaroni Stadium''. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 01:04, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

	Ah - I did read that the German nickname for their reluctantly acquired Italian ally in WW2 was "the macaronis", and that this did not derive from pasta, but from a far earlier German ~~asociation~~ with the slang word "makaron", meaning one who is puffed up with bombast, inflated with pomposity and a sense of his own importance, and who talks a harder war than he actually makes. Step forward, Benito Mussolini?		Ah - I did read that the German nickname for their reluctantly acquired Italian ally in WW2 was "the macaronis", and that this did not derive from pasta, but from a far earlier German association with the slang word "makaron", meaning one who is puffed up with bombast, inflated with pomposity and a sense of his own importance, and who talks a harder war than he actually makes. Step forward, Benito Mussolini?

	== subtle reference? ==		== subtle reference? ==

	Bengo Macarona <> Diego Maradona ??		Bengo Macarona <> Diego Maradona ??

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Is everyone aware of {{wp|John the Conqueror|John the Conqueror}}? OK, just checking... --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 00:47, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

==Name and Academic Distinctions ==
We know he's from Genua... does that mean either Chubb, QIS, or Unki (magical colleges) is in Genua? Should some note of this be made on the [[Genua]] page? And there seems to be on in [[Al Khali]] as well... [[User:TC01|TC01]]

You didn't follow the link, did you? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 22:38, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

:No, I did follow the link. I was starting a new discussion... sorry. (I put in an additional line between your first comment and mine in this edit) Ponder talks about him getting doctorates from the places I mentioned, so I was wondering if they should be mentioned in other articles. [[User:TC01|TC01]] 22:49, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Ah! Better with two pairs of hyphens, or a title. I thought the impression was that those places were phonies. In any case I don't think we know anything about them to put in an article. Fast work on Death, there. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 23:01, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

On the model of Roundworld colleges like MIT - (Massacheussets Institute of Technology) - or UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology), could I hazard a guess that QIS might stand for Quirm Institute of Science/Sorcery?

UNKI - UNiversity of Klatch Institute?

Of course, a rich vein Terry hasn't mined here might involve parodies on the many constituent colleges of the University of Wales. Prifysgol Cymru yn y Wrecsam/Abertawe/Aberystwyth, et c, might become Prifysgol Llamedos yn y Pant-Y-Girdl...

There could also be UKLA (a play on UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles) meaning perhaps University of KLatch, Al-Gebra...
--[[Special:Contributions/194.70.181.1|194.70.181.1]] 13:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
:No one's mentioned the coincidence of ''Chubb'' and that other locksmith's college, {{wp|Yale_University|Yale}}. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 15:27, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

(Kicks self). "Chubb" did look horribly familiar but I couldn't quite work it out - my line of reasoning was ''university - wizards - fatness - Chubb(y) - a placename?'' Aaaaargh, wrong!--[[Special:Contributions/194.70.181.1|194.70.181.1]] 15:42, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

UNKI -> Uberwaldsches Nigromantische Künste Institut (Uberwaldean Institute of the dark arts)? Granted 'Uberwaldsches Institut der dunklen/nigromantischen Künste' would be more correct, but UINK sounds weird--[[User:LilMaibe|LilMaibe]] 20:04, 3 July 2011 (CEST)
:Nicht ''nekromantische''? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 20:54, 3 July 2011 (CEST)
::Though of that too at first, but with her Ladyship trying to go all good and such... And you don't call it 'Necromancy' But yes 'Überwaldsches Nekromantische Künste Institut' fits too--[[User:LilMaibe|LilMaibe]] 21:09, 3 July 2011 (CEST)
::On a further note: If the U actually stands for Uberwald...it makes you think: he has most of his titles from there...Say, he doesn't sparkle, does he?--[[User:LilMaibe|LilMaibe]] 21:11, 3 July 2011 (CEST)

There is also the fact that [[Escrow]] is such a small town it is hardly likely to have a centre of higher education. Therefore any degrees conferred from [[Escrow]] are highly likely to be the products of what Americans would call a "degree mill" similar to the back-room university that conferred theology doctorates on the Reverend Ian Kyle Paisley and "Bishop" Eddie Long.--[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 22:16, 3 July 2011 (CEST)

On a further note: http://youtu.be/ehKGlT2EW1Q (0:05 to 0:37, obviously)...--[[User:LilMaibe|LilMaibe]] 22:58, 9 July 2011 (CEST)

==More names==
But then, it might refer to ''macaronic'': written in mixed languages, esp. a vernacular and [[Latatian|dog-Latin]], or any jumbled mixture; also "pertaining to a 'macaroni', foppish, conceited". Or, there's ''mascherone'' > ''mascaron'', a mask. Perhaps it refers to the Discworld equivalent of ''Macaronesia'', the Islands of the Blessed, or directly to the Ephebian "Makaron": a blessed or happy man. {{wp|Javier_Mascherano|Javier Mascherano}}, anyone? Annotations, pfui! --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 15:04, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah - I did read that the German nickname for their reluctantly acquired Italian ally in WW2 was "the macaronis", and that this did not derive from pasta, but from a far earlier German asociation with the slang word "makaron", meaning one who is puffed up with bombast, inflated with pomposity and a sense of his own importance, and who talks a harder war than he actually makes. Step forward, Benito Mussolini?

== subtle reference? ==

Bengo Macarona <> Diego Maradona ??