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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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Disagree.Asterix is probably the only thing I've ever read where the jokes work better in translation than in the original. Yes, I do get the jokes in the original; they're just not as funny.
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.Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:48,
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Balls.The only joke that's better in English is Idéfix → Dogmatix. The rest of the humour in the English versions is like a 1980s sitcom.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:58,
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I read an interview with Goscinny and Uderzo where they said Asterix worked better in EnglishIt being the language of puns. Just ask James Joyce.
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Nope. Try again.(, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:52, closed)
Again! Again!*claps like an excited seal*
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 19:15,
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C'est d'la merde en Anglais pourtant.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 22:11,
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Nope.The magic's gone, now.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:04,
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Yeah, especially the visual humour, ;)
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Those stripey pants are definitely funniest in the Serbo-croat version.I have no idea if there's a serbo-croat version
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 16:26,
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