Post ATEpUMO71UxhcUOnyK by nex3@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #ATE7MtQVuF7nmu9RyK by misty@digipres.club
2023-03-03T04:02:08Z
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Sometimes I forget growing up reading French in Canada means I've got kind of different experiences from a lot of people I know. American colleague was asking for recommendations on what to do in Belgium, and I mentioned "oh, if you like Franco-Belgian comics, the comic museum is great". His response was, he couldn't name a single Franco-Belgian comic. Which is, I guess reasonable! But I grew up reading Tintin, Astérix, Barbapapa, Spirou, Schtroumpfs. The idea you wouldn't know them feels weird!
(DIR) Post #ATE7pCLZ9exQZmKmPo by jameswhite@tinnies.club
2023-03-03T04:07:17Z
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@misty The correct answer as to what to do in Belgium is 1) get some baguettes 2) get some fromage 3) get some lambics 4) enjoy
(DIR) Post #ATE7rWTLIejxZb51Wq by misty@digipres.club
2023-03-03T04:07:42Z
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@jameswhite All EXTREMELY correct answers
(DIR) Post #ATE81EKdbHTWCvdZXU by amy@jawns.club
2023-03-03T04:09:27Z
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@misty as an american i grew up knowing tin tin but i couldn’t tell you how. i think there was a tv show? i learned about asterix from my austrian husband.
(DIR) Post #ATE8bW7IxBijn8hh8S by misty@digipres.club
2023-03-03T04:16:01Z
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@amy Oh huh, looking it up there was a Tintin show in the early 90s - I totally missed that as a kid! I only knew the books but it makes sense the show made it to the US
(DIR) Post #ATE8qHiUm899TS8odc by jameswhite@tinnies.club
2023-03-03T04:18:41Z
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@misty I forgot 5) charcuterie
(DIR) Post #ATE91JJJBqQ7bPcMLI by misty@digipres.club
2023-03-03T04:20:41Z
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@jameswhite I'm vegetarian so I'll just do the beer twice. That's a balanced meal right
(DIR) Post #ATE97UwupWfrRA5tke by charlesrandall@grumble.social
2023-03-03T04:21:47Z
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@misty I didn't, until this very moment, realize how fucking weird the word "Schtroumpfs" is
(DIR) Post #ATE9A9o5tQeqjaEgPQ by misty@digipres.club
2023-03-03T04:22:17Z
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@charlesrandall It's great, got just such a weird crunchy feel to it
(DIR) Post #ATE9IAAaQbMeAyZeKW by jameswhite@tinnies.club
2023-03-03T04:23:44Z
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@misty absolutely
(DIR) Post #ATE9a80rBbV6hOabpI by d@wafer.baby
2023-03-03T04:26:58Z
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@misty I grew up reading both Tintin and Astérix here (in English)!
(DIR) Post #ATE9qUrO0a1KBwxsTw by est@social.emily.news
2023-03-03T04:29:54Z
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@misty most americans know about the Smurfs, ofc. there was even a movie a few years ago!
(DIR) Post #ATE9vS8hYFHjCYQXaq by misty@digipres.club
2023-03-03T04:30:49Z
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@est "Smurfs" feels different somehow. Lacks the mouthfeel
(DIR) Post #ATEA1iSHnnUfXeZezI by est@social.emily.news
2023-03-03T04:31:58Z
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@misty yeah it needs a little extra schroumpf
(DIR) Post #ATECCfIK5s36phGLaa by MichaelKlamerus@dosgame.club
2023-03-03T04:56:17Z
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@misty it’s weird because I’m aware of both Tintin and Asterix but they just didn’t seem to be easily available growing up and I still haven’t read either. I think we eventually got more exposure to Tintin like the movie but none of it ever seemed to stick here for whatever reason.I don’t know if it’s just something like comics mostly not seeming to be popular unless it’s Marvel/DC or newspaper strips?
(DIR) Post #ATEG2kl5K8mehRFFGC by wzhkevin@digipres.club
2023-03-03T05:39:14Z
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@misty Growing up in Singapore Tintin and Asterix were both very well known to me. There entire shelves dedicated to them at my school library! Didn’t even realise they were translations until my late teens. In hindsight, should have been obvious with Tintin at least.
(DIR) Post #ATEGqgcyxJtKMrGUSm by hlabrande@mstdn.ca
2023-03-03T05:48:21Z
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@misty I'm curious, did you ever get the late 90s games by Infogrames in Canada? PC or Game Boy would have been compatible at the very least?
(DIR) Post #ATEGw2oTtkMGcfCMTo by misty@digipres.club
2023-03-03T05:49:21Z
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@hlabrande French games didn't really make it to where I grew up (just books and VHS), but Québec got all kinds of French CD-ROM games the rest of Canada didn’t.
(DIR) Post #ATEItVBCAyindfjpJI by hlabrande@mstdn.ca
2023-03-03T06:11:17Z
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@misty Ah ok, interesting, and makes sense!
(DIR) Post #ATEIvCcS9bukecIZsG by ggtr1138@mastodon.social
2023-03-03T06:11:38Z
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@misty @amy these Tintin radio shows are great too : https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/selection-les-aventures-de-tintin
(DIR) Post #ATELXfHUEpLMSYxZB2 by victorgijsbers@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-03-03T06:40:57Z
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@misty Did you also read Bob et Bobette (Suske en Wiske), or is that more a Flemish/Dutch thing?But being Dutch I can confirm that clearly, all famous comics come from Belgium and France. 😄
(DIR) Post #ATELbjTaaAl4d4Yn1k by tomackroyd@digipres.club
2023-03-03T06:41:34Z
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@misty ohhh Gaston Lagaffe. M’enfin
(DIR) Post #ATEpUMO71UxhcUOnyK by nex3@mastodon.social
2023-03-03T12:16:30Z
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@misty tintin and asterix at least were a big part of my (anglophone american) childhood!
(DIR) Post #ATGr65PD6FKCDzNy2S by patangaha@digipres.club
2023-03-04T11:43:57Z
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@misty here in India we are far removed from francophone world and yet we know , read and love Asterix and Tintin.