OT: Jules (fi: syllables)
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 13, 2003, 14:46 |
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--- Christophe skrzypszy:
>> * Someone might recall that I tend to refer to Khrushchev as "Krusse".
>> Similarly, I (and the history-interested part of my family) refer to C.
>> Iulius Caesar as "Julle" ['j8l:E]. This particular nickname is from the
>> Swedish translation of "Asterix"; can some Francophone tell me what the
>> French original was?
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> "Jules" [Zyl]. It's just a French first name (a bit outdated). I think it
> is the direct descendant of the Latin name IVLIVS.
In the Dutch version of Asterix, Caesar is often addressed to as "Juul",
which is about as bad as "Sjuul" [Sjy:L].
Jan
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