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    Posted: October 18 2008 at 23:17


We all love the Smurfs. But when I learned that, in english, they were called Smurfs, I was disappointed. It's really not as cool sounding as in french.

Which name do you prefer? Tongue

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What is it in Russian?
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I still think the french name is the best. So many letters to create just one sound.

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the original is generally the correct option , "schtroumpf"  has a typical Belgian pseudo Wallon-Flemish taste so as not to piss off either.

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It does sound really neat in French.
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I think that the French one sounds coolest. But I'm from english Canada, so I wasn't even aware they were called differently
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

I think that the French one sounds coolest. But I'm from english Canada, so I wasn't even aware they were called differently
 
Ohhhhh! you need to travel , you,at least to French Canada to start with and learn about the SchtroumfsLOLWink.....but i don't know their name in BrazilConfused
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Smurfette was a slut in any language.  Tongue
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Smurfene in norwegian and Smølferne in danish. But Les Schtroumpfs and Di Schlümpfe is way cooler.
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In Croatian it's Štrumpf, the only 7-letter monosyllabic word that I know of.
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Originally posted by clarke2001 clarke2001 wrote:

In Croatian it's Štrumpf, the only 7-letter monosyllabic word that I know of.


Well, the french version has 10 letters and is still monosyllabic. Wink

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Dutch, because Pierre Culliford (Peyo), the creator of the Smurfs, was a Belgian, and Dutch is the first language where the word "Smurf" has been used, instead of the original French word "Schtroumpf". So basically "Smurf" is a Dutch word Wink .

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No language can make the Smurfs cooler. Stern Smile
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Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

I think that the French one sounds coolest. But I'm from english Canada, so I wasn't even aware they were called differently
 
Ohhhhh! you need to travel , you,at least to French Canada to start with and learn about the SchtroumfsLOLWink.....but i don't know their name in BrazilConfused
 
Smurfs... very creative, no? TongueWink
 
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I´d like to hear the Smurf talk Kobaia... that be pretty cool
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Points: 10837 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2008 at 17:49
But "Schtroumpf" IS a Kobaïan word! This name hardly sounds french, doesn't it?
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Points: 6521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2008 at 19:56

It sounds pretty cool in German when said by a native speaker, and being a native speaker of French myself, I never had a chance to find Schrom... (heck I can't even spell it!) particularly cool. And for a couple of reasons, all my Smurfs books at home were in Danish anyway!
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