Or an Egyptian enters with the words, 'Je suis, mon cher ami, tres heureux
de te voir,' and somebody explains 'C'est un alexandrin'.
Best wishes
Matthew
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 06 August 2000 18:59
Subject: Re: * for Mark
>Or when Caesar, while crossing a river, frees a ruddy slave, and someone
>remarks: "Il affranchit le rubicond." They must have stayed up nights.
>
>At 07:07 PM 8/6/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>>The best Asterix moments, for me, are the uncanny translations of puns - a
>>senator calls (in French) for a "seance" (session / sitting), and is told
to
>>sit down; in English, he demands a "plebiscite", and is shouted down:
>>"somebody get that pleb a seat!". There are many, many more like this...
>>
>>- Dom
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