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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 24, 2020 13:33:10 GMT -5
Albert Uderzo, co-creator of Astérix, has passed away at the age of 92. While he was of course best known for his famous little Gaul, Uderzo had also created several more series in which his great storytelling skills and his sense of humour were put to good use. He was furthermore remarkably polyvalent, as shown in more “serious” adventure series like Tanguy & Laverdure, about two French air force pilots. Uderzo’s attention to technical detail was amazing, and his sense of fun was as strong in an adventure strip as it was in a humour series. He was truly a giant, and the mark he left in the comic-book world will be one for the ages. "Polyvalent." Awesome! I love your posts!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 24, 2020 14:34:37 GMT -5
Albert Uderzo, co-creator of Astérix, has passed away at the age of 92. While he was of course best known for his famous little Gaul, Uderzo had also created several more series in which his great storytelling skills and his sense of humour were put to good use. He was furthermore remarkably polyvalent, as shown in more “serious” adventure series like Tanguy & Laverdure, about two French air force pilots. Uderzo’s attention to technical detail was amazing, and his sense of fun was as strong in an adventure strip as it was in a humour series. He was truly a giant, and the mark he left in the comic-book world will be one for the ages. "Polyvalent." Awesome! I love your posts! Oops! I didn’t realize it didn’t mean the same thing as in French. Curse those words who renounce their proud gallic heritage! (Or Greek, I suppose).
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Post by berkley on Mar 24, 2020 15:01:59 GMT -5
In English I thought the word was mostly used as technical or scientific terminology, the science being chemistry. Does it have a wider use in French?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 24, 2020 18:29:35 GMT -5
In English I thought the word was mostly used as technical or scientific terminology, the science being chemistry. Does it have a wider use in French? Its main colloquial use in French is as a synonym for “versatile”, usually when talking about a person having multiple talents. I never once used it to describe the multiple valence number of an atom, as the dictionary suggests... I’d always use “multivalent” in such a case!
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Post by beccabear67 on Mar 24, 2020 19:39:31 GMT -5
Le Morte d'Albert. Lots of great comics, lots of fond memories! The shampoo I used today says luxurious in English but voluptueux in French. So if I were in Quebec I'd be voluptuous, but instead I have to settle for luxuriating?
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 24, 2020 19:53:42 GMT -5
Tangy et Laverdure was a fantastic series, with great action and some amazing aerial art. The movie version, from a few years back , Les Chevaliers du ciel (aka Sky Fighters, in English) didn't begin to capture it. The old tv series was on Youtube, and it had moments; but, couldn't compare.
Really wish that was reprinted in English in the US, as well as the older Buck Danny stuff. Cinebook has been reprinting some of the later; but, I want to read some of the WW2 stuff and after, from the earlier years of the strip.
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Post by foxley on Mar 24, 2020 22:48:06 GMT -5
In English I thought the word was mostly used as technical or scientific terminology, the science being chemistry. Does it have a wider use in French? Its main colloquial use in French is as a synonym for “versatile”, usually when talking about a person having multiple talents. I never once used it to describe the multiple valence number of an atom, as the dictionary suggests... I’d always use “multivalent” in such a case! I'm a language geek when it comes to English (due to attending small country primary and secondary schools I never had the opportunity to learn a second language, which is something I've always regretted), and delight in studying obscure words. (In high school, one of my English teachers once cautioned me for too obscure in my choice of synonyms.) However, I have never encountered polyvalent in anything but a technical sense. 'Versatile' certainly covers what you mean, but perhaps 'multitalented' would be closer to the colloquial French meaning.
Polyvalent may be what is known in linguistics as a 'false friend': a word that appears to be related to one in another language, but isn't. The example usually cited is the English 'embarrassed' and the Spanish 'embarazada'. There is more than one case of an English speaker trying to say in Spanish that they are embarrassed, and instead telling their audience that they are pregnant.
Back to the topic of this thread, and I am saddened to hear of the passing of Albert Uderzo. To my regret, Asterix is the only one of his works I have read, but those books were a huge part of my childhood. Asterix is insanely popular in Australia, and it seems that every school library had a collection of the books.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2020 23:42:31 GMT -5
Tony Award winning playwright and activist Terrence McNally has died from complications for the Covid-19 virus. He was 81.
-M
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Post by Pharozonk on Mar 25, 2020 13:03:02 GMT -5
RIP Stuart Gordon, director of great horror flicks like Re-Animator and From Beyond
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 14:56:22 GMT -5
^ oh no
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 15:01:47 GMT -5
RIP to Harlem Globetrotters legend Fred "Curly" Neal. He was 77. and member of the Super Globetrotters, a favorite cartoon of my youth... -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 26, 2020 18:25:26 GMT -5
RIP to Harlem Globetrotters legend Fred "Curly" Neal. He was 77. and member of the Super Globetrotters, a favorite cartoon of my youth... -M I hadn't had time to comment. What I said on Facebook... R. I. P. Curly Neal. Watching the Harlem Globetrotters as a kid was always a treat. And watching Curly dribble the ball was mesmerizing. Neal was not just a great ball player but he was a fabulous all-around entertainer.
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Post by beccabear67 on Mar 26, 2020 19:44:43 GMT -5
Fred "Curly" Neal was so much fun to watch! Pretty definitely my favorite Globetrotter. I think he is easily up there with Jordan and Bryant and the rest!
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 26, 2020 19:56:15 GMT -5
Loved Curly's stuff on the court and the Globetrotter games, on ABC's Wide World of Sports. We watched every time,so we could see Curly, marcus Haines, Meadowlark Lemon and Geese Ausbie. We watched the cartoons and everything. Pure joy.
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Post by brianf on Mar 27, 2020 4:52:02 GMT -5
RIP Biil Rieflin A Seattle original, who played drums in Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, Lard, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, Chris Connelly, R.E.M. & King Crimson. Started in Seattle in the Telepaths & The Blackouts in the late 70's
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