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#1 2006-08-03 11:50:02

Benjamin
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Registered: 2006-08-03
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Asterix for asterisk

“If television couldn’t give a flying asterix about swearing, radio – the medium in which words matter most – still cares. Geldof Unbleeped came in a week in which the BBC announced a crackdown on foul language.”

F Word
By CAROLYN HITT
19 June 2006
The Western Mail
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F***ing annoying: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q= … erix&meta=

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#2 2006-08-07 21:12:06

Sandi
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Re: Asterix for asterisk

Possbily too many people who read ‘Asterix the Gaul’ books by Goscinny and Uderzo?

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#3 2006-08-08 04:01:17

Benjamin
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Re: Asterix for asterisk

Indeed. Another result of that is that there are people who (and I haven’t looked this up just now) think that an “obelix” is a large stone.

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