Posted on 03/24/2020 2:46:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
You’re right about that. While the humor is broad enough, the setting is almost alien unless you understand that, at one time in Antiquity, Rome (Italy) occupied Gaul (France) and that the Gauls are the underdogs that you’re supposed to be rooting for.
A code-free DVD player! What marvelous device that must be!
My son and I starting reading the Asterix series when he was about 10; we still read them together and he is almost 25!
RIP Mr. Uderzo
Such witty names, too. I especially like Dogmatix.
Memory Eternal!
It is!
I learned how sounds like pow, bang, and boom are made in French.
When Asterix kicks a football down the field, the impact sound is “Schtoung!!”
Really? That’s neat!
Those books helped me learn French when I lived overseas. Very enjoyable! RIP.
I just checked. Asterix has been translated into beau coup languages.
| 1 | Afrikaans (South African) | 2 | Alsatian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Antillean Creole | 4 | Antwerps |
| 5 | Arabic (العربية) | 6 | Asturian (Asturianu) |
| 7 | Attic (classical Greek) | 8 | Basque (Euskara) |
| 9 | Bengali (Bangla বাংলা) | 10 | Breton (Brezhoneg) |
| 11 | Bulgarian (български) | 12 | Burgenland Croatian |
| 13 | Catalan (Català) | 14 | Chinese HK |
| 15 | Chinese PRC | 16 | Corsican (Corsu) |
| 17 | Cretan (Kritiki) | 18 | Croatian (Hrvatski) |
| 19 | Cypriot | 20 | Czech (Český) |
| 21 | Danish (Dansk) | 22 | Dutch (Nederlands) |
| 23 | English | 24 | English (US) |
| 25 | Esperanto | 26 | Estonian (Eesti) |
| 27 | Finnish (Suomi) | 28 | Flemish (Vlaams) |
| 29 | French (Français) | 30 | Frisian (Frysk) |
| 31 | Galician (Galego) | 32 | Gallo |
| 33 | Gents | 34 | German (Deutsch) |
| 3563 | German dialects (Mundart) | 64 | Greek (Ελληνικά Ellinika) |
| 65 | Greenlandic (Kalaallit Oqasii)† | 66 | Hebrew (Ivrit) |
| 67 | Hindi (हिन्दी) | 68 | Hungarian (Magyarul) |
| 69 | Icelandic (Íslensk) | 70 | Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) |
| 71 | Irish (Gaeilge) | 72 | Italian (Italiano) |
| 73 | Japanese (Nihongo 日本語) | 74 | Karelian (Karjala) |
| 75 | Korean (Hangugo 한국어) | 76 | Latin (Latine) |
| 77 | Latvian (Latviešu) | 78 | Limburgerish (Limburgs) |
| 79 | Lithuanian (Lietuvių)* | 80 | Luxemburgish (Lëtzeburgesch) |
| 81 | Maltese (Malti) | 82 | Mirandese (Mirandesa) |
| 83 | Mongolian* | 84 | Norwegian (Norsk) |
| 85 | Occitan (Langue d'Oc) | 86 | Persian (Fârsi) |
| 87 | Picard (Ch'ti) | 88 | Polish (Polski) |
| 89 | Pontic (Pontiaki) | 90 | Portuguese (Português) |
| 91 | Portuguese (Brazil) | 92 | Rauma |
| 93 | Reunion Creole | 94 | Romanian |
| 95 | Rumantsch Grischun | 96 | Russian (Русский) |
| 97 | Savo | 98 | Scots |
| 99 | Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | 100 | Serbian (Српски, Srpski) |
| 101 | Serbo-Croatian | 102 | Slovak (Slovenský) |
| 103 | Slovenian (Slovenski) | 104 | Spanish (Castilian) |
| 105 | Spanish (Standard) | 106 | Spanish (South America) |
| 107 | Stadi | 108 | Sursilvan |
| 109 | Swedish (Svenska) | 110 | Thai (ภาษาไทย)* |
| 111 | Turkish (Türkçe) | 112 | Twents |
| 113 | Valencian (Valencià) | 114 | Vallader |
| 115 | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) | 116 | Welsh (Cymraeg) |
Way back when, when I read it, it ONLY came in French, I think; at least, that's all I ever saw it written in. Of course, it was a French publication, though.
Buds of Vercingetorix. And Boudica. And Arminius.
Clues!
History search!
Village Chief - Vital Statistix
Bard who can’t carry a tune - Cacaphonix
Druid/Pharmacist - Get a Fix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asterix_characters
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