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(The Goscinny/Uderzo drawing) Actually, Uderzo is tall and thin,
Goscinny was shorter and portly. |
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Pethth = ??? Is this 'crazy' as lisped by a child? |
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"Qualis Artifex Pereo": Often attributed as Nero's last words, but he had
quite a few after these.
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Oppidum = Latin for the main settlement in an administrative area.
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"Oriental 'Djeans', Levix and Leggings": Levis Jeans.
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"One times three is Asterix....": Is this rhyme from anything ??? |
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"Armorica! Armorica! God shed his grace on thee!" = Adaptation of "America
The Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates
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Adenoids: growths of tissue in the upper throat behind the nose. |
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"In Lutetia's fair city where the girls are so pretty" = Adaptation of
Irish ditty "Molly Malone".
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Cardia and Mytili: cities. Mitili(ni) was the capital of Lesbos,
which may or may not be a commentary by the translators... |
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Gloria victis: Glory to the vanquished. |
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"What's in a name?" = What's in a name? That which we call a rose /
By any other name would smell as sweet (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
II.ii.43) |
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I am Sergent Peppus' Lonely ... : A popular song / alubum by The Beatles
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Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne: So that which is a
beautiful woman on top ends in a black and ugly fish (Horace, Ars
Poetica 3). |
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Quod erat demonstrandum = which was the thing to be proved (Euclid).
Used in proofs as QED. |
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The guy on the right is definitely someone ???. In the Dutch
version he has an italian accent. |
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Anacreontic: Poem written in the manner of Anacreon (died 478 BC),
convivial in tone. |
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Rusticated: Suspended temporarily from college or university, in
England |
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Patrician: A member of the roman nobility |
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Onomatopoeic: a word that sounds like the sound it names (boom,
cuckoo, bang). |
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Impresario: manager of a theater company |
