The Holy Anorankh

January 24, 2005

Anorankh_1

"In 1994, Martin Walser confused an ankh and an anorak on Usenet. The
ensuing thread inspired the Clarecraft pewter model… and proved the
link between the Egyptians and the Geeks."

Neither Greek, nor Egyptian. Maybe Alaskan. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Via Nick Douglas

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2 Responses to The Holy Anorankh

  1. Murky says:
    January 24, 2005 at 5:08 am

    For reference, this was a thread on alt.fan.pratchett

  2. Nick Douglas says:
    January 24, 2005 at 8:45 pm

    Thank you for the link.

    Here’s my post on the anorankh, with links to the full Lspace article and Clarecraft’s catalog.

    http://www.nickdouglas.net/index.php?p=98

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