Off-topic, but, it's very interesting how they translate the Asterix and Obelix character names across languages.
In Spanish the druid is called Panoramix for whatever reason :)
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by TheGallopedHigh on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:15PM
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For those who are non native English speakers: Getafix can be read as Get A Fix, meaning getting drugs that you need if you’re addicted to something. Getafix deals in potions. Always thought that was amusing (coincidence or not).
Almost all the names are plays on words that relate to the character, like 'Geriatrix', the village elder. I posted a list of the names on wikipedia elsewhere
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by marc_abonce on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:43PM
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It's also Panoramix in the original French, isn't it?
Memories work in funny ways. The first thing that jumped to my mind was the Asterix book where the Romans capture the druid (Getafix, in the English versions) and want him to make the magic potion. He insists that he must have fresh strawberries to make it, which are out of season. He doesn't really need them, it turns out, but it delays the whole project as the Romans dispatch someone to points far to the south to try and fetch some and bring them back while they're still fresh.