Re: OT: Jules (fi: syllables)

En réponse à Peter Bleackley :


>Surely it's a reference to "Obelisk" = "large stone monument", which Obelix
>is never seen without (a menhir, in his case).
Of course! The question here was whether the term "obélisque" was *also*
used for the dagger or not. And to that particular question, I have no
answer :( .

>  I've always assumed that
>Asterix gets his name because he's the star...
LOL. It seems the official site agrees with you (by analysing Asterix as
"aster": star + "rix": king :))) ). But his mother always calls him
"Ririx", which is quite less star-like ;))) .

Christophe Grandsire.

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