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5:59 AM

@bobble If it does get asked, there's a couple of French SE-ers I could ping who might know the answer. (IMHO, asking Peter would be a nice courtesy but not strictly necessary.)

Eng Lit Learner

6:50 AM

Q: Took his fright to SB - meaning

In a story by A. Derleth, there is the following sentence: At that point, Clithanus became frightened and took his fright to Augustine. I fail to see the meaning - could it mean that he "spread" the fright to Augustine, made him frightened?

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Tsundoku

9:10 AM

@Randal'Thor @bobble Surely you mean Belgian SE folks. Tintin was published by a Belgian publisher, not a French one.

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Tsundoku

2:45 PM

@Bookworm Suggested rewording: "Why does this Belgian graphic novel not have a printing number?"

Rand al'Thor

Mm, good idea. The french-literature tag is still needed because of the language, but if the question is about country-specific things rather than language-specific ones, better to focus the title on Belgium.

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bobble

4:43 PM

@PeterShor would you like to ask a general question about printing numbers being present during this period from publishers based out of certain locales? — bobble 41 mins ago

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Bookworm

7:21 PM

Q: Name of the book I cannot remember about poor people boycotting rich

It is about how one day poor people stopped working, all shops closed and rich people were left on their own - their cars would break down, no food at home - all poor were planning this and prepared with lots of food. I think book had many dystopian stories in it - one was about remotely controll...