Comment on AsteriskparentComments−BowBun5yI'm not sure if you're a native French speaker, but most of the names in Asterix & Obelix are puns and worth exploring!- Panoramix (panorama) - Abraracourcix (a bras racourcis) - Bonnemine, Assurancetourix, Agecanonix, etc.−riffraff5yI'm italian, so some of the things made sense from the start (Panoramix, Asterix and many of the one-off characters which I can't recall) but some have always been obscure :)−Tainnor5yThey translate most of those names differently in other languages, in German, they use German puns, etc. (strangely enough, Idefix wasn't translated).
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I'm not sure if you're a native French speaker, but most of the names in Asterix & Obelix are puns and worth exploring!
- Panoramix (panorama) - Abraracourcix (a bras racourcis) - Bonnemine, Assurancetourix, Agecanonix, etc.
I'm italian, so some of the things made sense from the start (Panoramix, Asterix and many of the one-off characters which I can't recall) but some have always been obscure :)
They translate most of those names differently in other languages, in German, they use German puns, etc. (strangely enough, Idefix wasn't translated).