Money Ocean, Flintheart
Kriton Kyrimis
kyrimis at cti.gr
Thu Nov 8 08:29:23 CET 2001
OLIVIER:
> My pleasure.
> His first Fench name (1948) was Harpagon (the character of Moli=E8re's =
> "L'Avare" (The Miser); then Oncle Edgar and J=E9r=E9mie McDuck (1952) =
> (how did they come up with *that*?).
It seems to be derived from a Greek verb meaning "to grab", so the name
means something like "grabber" or "grabbing"!
Regarding the names Picsou/Gripsou, the English term "penny pincher",
meaning "miser" somehow seems relevant.
> Magica is known as Miss Tick, from "mystique" (mystical).
Now *why* had I never thought of this? Now that you've pointed it out,
it seems so obvious!
Kriton (e-mail: kyrimis at cti.gr)
(WWW: http://dias.cti.gr/~kyrimis)
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