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Hi, I'm new here, so I thought I'd state that I'm still learning - that in mind, how far are articles meant to go? I didn't write more incase of spoilers...?
Hi, I'm new here, so I thought I'd state that I'm still learning - that in mind, how far are articles meant to go? I didn't write more in case of spoilers...?


I think Mau's age can be pinned down to 13 at the start of the book.  Mau is remembering events when was 8 at the greandfathers cave.  He says this was 5 years ago. Can anyone confirm this?
I think Mau's age can be pinned down to 13 at the start of the book.  Mau is remembering events when was 8 at the grandfathers cave.  He says this was 5 years ago. Can anyone confirm this?


Bozz 03/08/2008
Bozz 03/08/2008
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==Pronunciation==
==Pronunciation==
Is there any way to know how to pronounce "Mau"? ''Mao'' (Zedong), ''Moe'' (Stooge)? There may be hundreds of Pratchett words we don't really know how to pronounce. If it works for you, of course, it's all right, but then they'll make a TV movie with a different pronunciation. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 23:53, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Is there any way to know how to pronounce "Mau"? ''Mao'' (Zedong), ''Moe'' (Stooge)? There may be hundreds of Pratchett words we don't really know how to pronounce. If it works for you, of course, it's all right, but then they'll make a TV movie with a different pronunciation. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 23:53, 26 March 2010 (UTC)<BR>
Aha. See {{wp|Mau Piailug|Mau Piailug}} in Wikipedia. According to a recent episode of ''Nova'' on American PBS, this is pronounced as "Mao". --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 03:43, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 03:43, 6 October 2016

Hi, I'm new here, so I thought I'd state that I'm still learning - that in mind, how far are articles meant to go? I didn't write more in case of spoilers...?

I think Mau's age can be pinned down to 13 at the start of the book. Mau is remembering events when was 8 at the grandfathers cave. He says this was 5 years ago. Can anyone confirm this?

Bozz 03/08/2008

I don't have a book, but if you do and that's what it says, you don't need more confirmation. The whole sentence wants fixing, anyway. --Old Dickens 01:34, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Is there any way to know how to pronounce "Mau"? Mao (Zedong), Moe (Stooge)? There may be hundreds of Pratchett words we don't really know how to pronounce. If it works for you, of course, it's all right, but then they'll make a TV movie with a different pronunciation. --Old Dickens 23:53, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Aha. See Mau Piailug in Wikipedia. According to a recent episode of Nova on American PBS, this is pronounced as "Mao". --Old Dickens (talk) 03:43, 6 October 2016 (UTC)