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A comment on Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the World. Parent comment

Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday June 26, 2023 @03:24PM (#36484515)
Idéfix, not Idéafix! "Idea" is "idée" in French. It comes from "idée fixte" which means fixed idea, like you say, or in other words, an obsession.
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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by andrepd on Monday June 26, 2023 @05:32PM (#36486173)
Oops, you're right! I was mislead since in my native language, in which I read the books as a child, he is called Ideafix :)
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