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<p>169.244.143.119: Popcorn is one word, and NOT a proper noun (most of the time).</p> <hr /> <div>The [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]] equivalent of popcorn. A tasteless snack which, if buttered and salted, tasted of salt and butter. Probably the only edible thing invented by the [[Alchemists' Guild|Alchemists]], who were also the developers of the moving pictures industry and owners of the [[Century of the Fruitbat]] firm. Customers paid a couple of pence to keep themselves entertained chewing them while entranced by watching moving pictures on a giant screen.<br /> <br /> Although first seen in the book ''[[Book:Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'', several [[Book:Wyrd Sisters|books]] earlier the playwright [[Hwel]] briefly amends the line:<br /> <br /> ''All the Disc it is but an Theater, Ann alle men and wymmen are but Players.'' <br /> <br /> with<br /> <br /> ''Except Those who selle popcorn''.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Food and drink]]<br /> [[de:Knallk&amp;ouml;rner]]</div>

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