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Old 01-23-2007, 12:01 PM   #1
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Uderzo of the Downs, or, Asterix meets Middle-earth
Tolkien once complained about his translators, that they just couldn't get the names right. A similar problem exists in the Asterix comicbook, which has been translated into about a gazillion languages, with the intent to maintain the humourous puns in the names. This results in several characters having different names in different languages. (She who I know as Panacea is Falbala to Estelyn.)

So, well, what would we Barrow Downers become if we journied to that little Gaulish village?

Now, it is just too obvious to make Rune into Runix and Boromir88 into Borix. Any good ones for them? (Well, Rune could be Marx. hee hee) Here's some other suggestions to start you off:


Fordim: Canonix or Mastix

Mister Underhill: Flix

Hookbill: Syndix

Estelyn: Patientia

piosenniel: Medicinia

Child: Historia

Nogrod: Philosophix

Squatter: Slapstix or Doubleclix

davem: gnostix

Lalwende: Woodbinia

Mithalwen: Furiosa

SaucepanMan: Yardstix

Macalaure: Heimlix

me? I'm obviously Rpgina.

C'mon; there's lots of Downers out there who need a passport to that other celtic country.
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Old 01-23-2007, 01:20 PM   #2
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Fun!

Staying with the Gaul-names, Lommy should be Penguinix, of course. But if we could took her as a Roman she should be Diluvia Borealia or with an anglisised version of it (as the translators of Asterix tend to go for): Flodentia.

Child should be Mater Paternalia (in a positive sense of it) or then just Bella Organisatorix
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Old 01-24-2007, 07:22 AM   #3
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Great fun indeed - I'm a big Asterix fan! Here are my suggestions:

Guinevere: Palantíria

littlemanpoet: Bardix

Formendacil: Serioustix

thephantom: Mysterix

alatar: Sequencix

Kuruharan: Khazâdix

narfforc: Parodix

HerenIstarion: Istarix

Aiwendil: Silmarix


...afterthought - Do you think we should let Lush have "Dominatrix"?
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Old 01-24-2007, 01:41 PM   #4
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But if we could took her as a Roman she should be Diluvia Borealia or with an anglisised version of it (as the translators of Asterix tend to go for): Flodentia.
Ohhh, great idea, Noggie, to go for the Latin possibilities also. I will be back with some too!

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...afterthought - Do you think we should let Lush have "Dominatrix"?
Great contributions, Esty! It's a pity that Asterixish is a gendered language where the -ix signifies a male name. Still that is rather appropriate for our resident feminist, no?
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Old 01-24-2007, 01:53 PM   #5
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Mithalwen: Furiosa

Now feel a bit Lachrymosa and Dolorosa..

I played Assurancetourix (Cacafonix) in the Frogsoc Christmas Show at Uni... I still have my cunningly crafted gaulish helmet somewhere....
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Old 01-24-2007, 06:58 PM   #6
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Aww. But I like the Furies. They are three of my favourite ancient dieties, for they are so like modern defenders of victims and unavenged crimes and so undeserving of their nasty phallocentric reputation. Plus add in a bit of these folks: Il Furiosi . (It fits some of your profile.) Would La Bella Furiosa be more becoming--put you in the Roman camp? Or perhaps a riff off one of your fav writers, Jane Austen? Hmm, must ponder that.

On to others now...

Thenamir :: Numismatickrisis

dancing spawn :: insectus twirlicus

davem :: mondroiticus (new one, Roman vs Gaul)

THE Ka :: Aesthetix

Legolas :: Pharmafix

mormegil :: Primus Bananicus

Tolkien :: Catholix

working on something for Hilde and some others . . . Yes, I have too much Asterix in my head. Hey, I even devoted one entire day of a two week tour of France to Parc Asterix. Rode the Menhir Express and everything.
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Old 01-25-2007, 11:47 AM   #7
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Aww. But I like the Furies. They are three of my favourite ancient dieties, for they are so like modern defenders of victims and unavenged crimes and so undeserving of their nasty phallocentric reputation. Plus add in a bit of these folks: Il Furiosi . (It fits some of your profile.) Would La Bella Furiosa be more becoming--put you in the Roman camp? Or perhaps a riff off one of your fav writers, Jane Austen? Hmm, must ponder that.

Nah you've sold it to me... I (as often) took it literally as enraged ..which I can be but don't regard it as a permanent state - however as a feminisation of the musical direction "tempestuous and vigorous" it would be fair enough judgement
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Old 01-26-2007, 10:46 AM   #8
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Now, it is just too obvious to make Rune into Runix and Boromir88 into Borix. Any good ones for them? (Well, Rune could be Marx. hee hee) Here's some other suggestions to start you off:

Surely Boromir would be simply Laconix?
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Old 01-31-2007, 03:05 PM   #10
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Well, not literally of course, Miz Mithalwen.

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I prefer to be known as Gnostix...
Well, I can't see that davem has laid any claim to that offered name, although I'm rather surprised at your choice, as the name connotes the heresy, in Christian churches, of gnosticism. I will have to refrain from secretly thinking of you as Heretix.
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I will have to refrain from secretly thinking of you as Heretix.
Alas, so true. Considering some of my...right-leaning...posts, perhaps I should be Politix.
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Bęthberry: Daughtrix ad Goldberiosa (or some such grammatical construction)

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Boromir ~ Devilfix

Lommy ~ Penguine

Celuien ~ Amphibia

morm ~ Chimpanzix

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