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Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 2:31:54 am PDT #3290 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:33:24 am PDT #3291 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
You don't have Asterix in the States??!!
Sadly (it appears), no.
Noumenon - Apr 13, 2003 2:36:22 am PDT #3292 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Asterix and Obelix has been introduced here several times, I read, but never taken off. Everything I know I learned from this page. Billytea ought to approve of this detail: the chief of Asterix's Gallic tribe is named Vitalstitistix.
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 2:37:54 am PDT #3293 of 9843
P.M. Marc - Apr 13, 2003 2:38:13 am PDT #3294 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
You don't have Asterix in the States??!!
We do, but the fandom is sadly limited to (of course) French teachers, and then to mild freakazoids.
I keep being very tempted to actually purchase some. Been years since I read any.
evil jimi - Apr 13, 2003 2:38:38 am PDT #3295 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Trudy thwaps Jimmi on the head
Ah, twue wuv -- or is it Twudy wuv?
Sadly (it appears), no.
What a sad, sad shame. Asterix and Obelix are fantastic. The books have been around since, at least, the 60s and were hugely popular when I was a kid in the 70s. They've made some cartoon features based on some of the stories, plus they've recently even made some live-action features. Gerard Depardieu plays Obelix. The latest one is supposed to be really cool.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:38:46 am PDT #3296 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
I'm learning lots of German words lately Fiona, but they're all from opera so they tend to be things like "Liebestod" and "Ewigkeit," which might not be that useful in conversation.
As opposed to Ich bi nicht ein Flughaven -whicj has come in so very handy so many times.
t showing off
Some usefull German: Deutch phrases:
Mine name ist [Zoe]: My name is [Zoe]
Ich bin [sechs und schwanzig] jara alt: I am [26] years old.
Ich wohne in [Corescant] : I live in [Corescant]
Bitte: Please
Danke: Thankyou
Ja: Yes
Nein: No
Ein Fahrkarten nach [Corescant] Bitte: A ticket to [Corescant] please.
Wen ist der nachste Train?: When is the next train
Wie spat ist es?: What time is it? (where spat is a made up spelling of a real word)
ein
zwei
drei
fear
funf
sechs
seben
acht
neun
zehn
t /showing off
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:40:30 am PDT #3297 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
Asterix is funny, all them crazy Romans -anybody for potion?
Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 2:41:21 am PDT #3298 of 9843
Roguish Laird
You do have Tintin in the US though, don't you? So it's not like you're totally unreceptive to Euro-comics. And I would have thought Asterix was more [***] than Tintin, not less.
[***] = "accessible"! God, that's weird, I just couldn't think of that word for about two minutes. I'm going mad.
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 2:41:27 am PDT #3299 of 9843
I keep being very tempted to actually purchase some. Been years since I read any.
I have a very comprehensive collection at my parents'. I must dig them out sometime.
Baby just woke up. Gotta go.