Gall names end with -ix. Roman names end with -us. Like Christmus Bonus or Gluteus Maximus.
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Wed 7 Oct 2020, 22:11,
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Dammit
Thanks for the correction.
and the support.
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Thu 8 Oct 2020, 0:03,
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But not all names in the Asterix comics were puns
The best names were (Getafix, Cacophonix), but they were often just recognisable words or phrases out of context; e.g. Chief Vitalstatistix, legionaries Sendervictorius and Appianglorius.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 8 Oct 2020, 12:34,
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Don’t forget, most of them are different in the original French
eg Getafix is Panoramix, Dogmatix is Idefix
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finnbar has officially retired, Thu 8 Oct 2020, 12:51,
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True, they did get localised during translation.
The legionary’s names wouldn’t work as well outside of the UK for a start. I’ve no idea what they were in the French version.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 8 Oct 2020, 14:05,
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I get that they weren't all but they usually had some element of humour in them so I guess I was looking for more of an obvious gag.
idefix = idée fixe = dogmatix = dogmatic
is brilliant
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I’d never made that connection before, that’s awesome.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 8 Oct 2020, 14:51,
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My absolute favourite was the Greek character
Ptenisnet
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Thu 8 Oct 2020, 15:16,
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Only after I put my contacts in.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 8 Oct 2020, 12:35,
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