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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., 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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