PM out-geeks me on this... but I'd heard of Tin Tin and not Asterix.
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Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:47:35 am PDT #3305 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
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:49:17 am PDT #3306 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
what was the name of the minstrel who was constantly getting smacked upside the head, or tied and gagged? I always loved that. :)
Cachophonix
evil jimi - Apr 13, 2003 2:53:04 am PDT #3307 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
btw ... I have owned a small, B&W paperback version of Asterix and Cleopatra for around 25 years and I still read it occasionally.
*ding!*
"Cacofonix" is the name of the bard. :)
Edit: to illustrate the neat humour of Asterix.
In Asterix and Cleopatra, the speech balloons of the Egyptians are filled with "hieroglyphs" and translations are generally included at the bottom of the panel. Sounds lame but works really well. :)
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:56:00 am PDT #3308 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
"Cacofonix" is the name of the bard. :)
From the word "cacophony" meaning an appauling and calamatous noise.
Vitalstatistix is VERY fat.
I am trying to recall some of the Roman names.
Je ne sais que mon Francais est bon a assez pour le navigation de la website.
Bwah. Je me ne trouver pas le Romans a toque.
evil jimi - Apr 13, 2003 3:01:58 am PDT #3309 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I am trying to recall some of the Roman names.
In A&C, you have "Superflous", "Mintjulep" and "Operachorus".
Oh and Obelix's little dog is called "Dogmatix" (in the English version anyway)
Noumenon - Apr 13, 2003 3:15:00 am PDT #3310 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
Oh and Obelix's little dog is called "Dogmatix"
You know, Buffistas often request jobma and healthma, but we hardly ever hear a call for "dogma." I'm not sure if that's because we're heathens or cat owners or both.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 3:29:59 am PDT #3311 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
Ah-hah. Je me trouver le Romans a toque. Je suis magnificent. Mais le site en anglais arriver en 1st April et ne ouvrir pas. L'appeler en Francais son ne pas comme a comique.
Elena - Apr 13, 2003 3:30:13 am PDT #3312 of 9843
Thanks for all the fish.
Asterix and Obelix
All over the place up here. Well, at least in my little circle. Remind me to show you the next time you're here, Trudy.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 3:32:19 am PDT #3313 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
t /thinking in french
Sorry I couldn't find the stuff I was looking for. The names of the Roman generals are quite funny, but I don't get them in French so I'm guessing no-one else here will either...I could be wrong.
Edit: FayJay, hows your French?
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 3:37:07 am PDT #3314 of 9843
No, Asterix only really works in a language you're fluent in. All my German friends love it, but complained that the English translations were really bad. Actually, the English translations are exceptionally good, but full of puns and word games, so they simply didn't get most of the humour.