Re: OT: Jules (fi: syllables)

Peter Bleackley scripsit:

> Surely it's a reference to "Obelisk" = "large stone monument", which Obelix
> is never seen without (a menhir, in his case).
Sure.  Nevertheless, the fact that * and U+2020 are "asterisk" and "obelisk"
is probably not a coincidence.  The application of "obelisk" (Greek diminutive
for "cooking spit") to upright stones is ironic, of course; the Egyptian
obelisk in New York City is by a similar irony called "Cleopatra's Needle".

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