OT: Asterix (fi: Jules)

 --- Christophe Grandsire skrzypszy:

> >Not at all! In fact, the only two names I can come up with that are taken
> >directly from the French are Assurancetourix and Abraracourcix. They make no
> >sense in Dutch, indeed. But for the rest: all the names, bot of the Gauls
> >and of the Romans, are translated.
>
> What about Asterix and Obelix? I thought they kept the same name (and I
> doubt they make sense in Dutch).
They have the same name, but these names do make sense in Dutch. Same thing
with Panoramix and Idéfix.

> >We just got a guest, so I'll have to go prematurely. Otherwise I would have
> >come up with (too) many examples.
>
> Hehe, I can wait until tomorrow for a reply. Have a nice evening!
Thank you :) . We watched a lot of nice Babylon 5 yesterday :)) .

Anyway, I instead to give you a whole list of names, but this morning I
remembers I once saw a list of names on the Internet. So, have a look here:
<http://www.asterixweb.tk> and click on the icon "personages".

Jan


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