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Post by whatagain on Dec 8, 2023 16:35:30 GMT
Indeed. I said 2 people. Mr Paul and mr Boulton. Like Simon and Garfunkel. Don’t know their first names. And yes they were associated in an aircraft company. Seems however it was Boulton Paul. Illogical for a French speaking.
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 8, 2023 17:28:37 GMT
Aston Butterworth - Formula Two constructor from the UK named after Bill Aston and Archie Butterworth. Two people.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 8, 2023 17:34:30 GMT
Gaston Lagaffe. Belgian character created by Franquin narrating the life of the worst employee ever. Guus Flater in Flemish. No idea of his name in English
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2023 16:03:07 GMT
Karl Lagerfeld - German fashion designer
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2023 16:16:53 GMT
Marty Feldman - pop eyed comedian no longer with us.
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Post by casimira on Dec 9, 2023 16:21:50 GMT
Art Carney- American actor and comedian
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2023 17:01:29 GMT
June Carter Cash - American singer and songwriter.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2023 19:50:48 GMT
Casimir - big loveable orange dragon who starred in children's television in France in the 1980s
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Post by whatagain on Dec 9, 2023 20:37:11 GMT
Sim. No first name no nothing. Ugly french actor with a sensational sense of humor and very smart. Wrote a book called 'qu'est ce qu'elle a ma gueule' (what with my face).
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 9, 2023 21:27:38 GMT
Bart Simpson - yellow cartoon boy
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 9, 2023 21:49:35 GMT
Alastair Sim - actor who played the headmistress of St Trinians
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 10, 2023 4:31:45 GMT
Calamity Jane -- American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 10, 2023 8:59:39 GMT
Calum Best - TV personality and only child of world famous footballer George Best.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 10, 2023 12:01:47 GMT
Patrice Lumumba - Congolese stateman assassinated in 1961 with Belgian complicity
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 10, 2023 12:34:56 GMT
Richard Branson - entrepreneur with a lousy rail line.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 10, 2023 19:15:24 GMT
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Post by mossie on Dec 10, 2023 19:43:04 GMT
Donald Bradman - famous Australian cricketer
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 10, 2023 21:04:52 GMT
Allan Donald - another famous cricketer, a South African fast bowler called white lightning. The 1990’s was his era.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 10, 2023 21:06:30 GMT
Ramona Bachmann - Swiss footballer with the PSG after playing for Chelsea
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 10, 2023 21:49:43 GMT
Mona Washbourne - English character actress of TV, stage and film. Died in 1988.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 10, 2023 22:32:20 GMT
George Washington - founding father of a country
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Post by whatagain on Dec 12, 2023 8:08:41 GMT
Alphonse Georges. French general extremely competent, commanded the North-East front in 1940. He was critically wounded when trying to protect the king of yugoslavia killed in 1934 in Marseille (didn't know this at all)
Georges takes a silent s in french. I hate that first name... maybe because i had a grandfather who was a bastard with that name.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 12, 2023 15:54:23 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 12, 2023 17:20:09 GMT
Ségolène Royal - French politician who lost the presidential election to Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. Mother of 4 sons to François Hollande.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 12, 2023 21:12:08 GMT
Lotte Lenya - Austrian-American actress and singer. Played the part of Rosa Klebb in To Russia with Love.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 12, 2023 23:38:07 GMT
Lenny Bruce -- American stand-up comedian who was repeatedly arrested in the '50s and '60s for the alleged obscene content of his act.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 13, 2023 14:02:09 GMT
Bruno Nuytten - French director and cinematographer
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 13, 2023 18:05:24 GMT
Erik Ten Hag - currently manager of Manchester United Football Club but probably not for much longer.
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Post by bjd on Dec 14, 2023 7:36:50 GMT
Nina Hagen German singer and actress first known in the punk and new wave era
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 14, 2023 9:11:21 GMT
Nino Tempo - American singer who had a hit with April Stevens, Deep Purple. Excellent record.
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