> On to the conversation:
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Yes!
> > Well, Shakespeare made up all sort of words & they have meanings!
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> One difference being that people other than Shakespeare have used his words since then.
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I guess your right.
> > Ok. Julius does sound very Vampirey. But then it also sounds like the name of Gorillas since I know of 2 comic book characters (one from Marvel & the other from DC) where their name is Julius. One's a Nazi who then became a Vampire & the other a Gangster who was called Big Julie.
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> My guess is that most writers who use it are trying to evoke a sense of Julius Caesar in their characters, since he remains arguably the most famous Julius in history.
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I think in the instance of the Talking-Nazi-Turned-Vampire-Gorilla they might have been trying to invoke thoughts of Schwartz. But I could be wrong.
> > I don't think Cook is all that funny. He's kind of annoying in fact. But then I might not be his target audience.
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> Actually, I agree, and so would Dream. His comment would be intended to be seen as a dig at the fact that Cook is notorious for ripping off other people's material.
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I think he's only said one thing that I thought was kind of funny (it was when he did SNL, the only time I've seen more then a minute of his routine) but would I repeat it to friends and/or family: No, It wasn't
that funny.
