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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
Florestan
Since: May, 2015
10th Dec, 2020 04:48:28 AM
A type of Punny Name, I guess.
I’m looking for a way to describe the Roman, Gaul and foreign names in the ‘Asterix’ comics and likewise. It’s basically when you get a humorous effect by inventing a funny name for a place or character by playing with the naming conventions of the country/culture in question. Asterix does that by giving all Roman men names that end on ‘-us’ (Centurions Itakethebus And Yourasourpus ) all places names that end on ‘-um’ (Camp doomandglum) and all Gauls names that end on ‘-ix’ (the schoolteacher is called ‘Behomebysix’)
Although Asterix is the best example, there are lots of country/culture specifIc naming conventions that can be subverted for comic relief such as Dimitri Itsaripov the Russian store owner or Japanese supermodel Yoko Owhatakuti
Edited by Ennobee