to the modern home kit of Colchester United FC. The chief of Anticlimax's tribe, Mykingdomforanos (a pun on "my kingdom for a horse"; in French his name is Zebigbos, a pun on "the big boss"), is a caricature of Winston Churchill. The Beatles also make a cameo appearance as bards. Although many books in the Asterix series deal with other European peoples, the album's English version formerly contained an unusual note from the authors stating that they do not aim to insult their famous rivals (the English) but to merely make fun of the common stereotypes. The authors would later do likewise (this time in the French edition) in Asterix in Corsica. In the French version, the Britons speak French using literal translations of English expressions, such as Je dis ! ("I say!"), and placing adjectives before nouns (as is normally done in English) instead of after, as is customary in French. When Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge translated the story into English, they expressed the linguistic difference between the Gauls and the Britons by having some of the Britons (especially Anticlimax) speak exclusively in stereotypical "upper class" English, including expressions such as "This is a jolly rum thing, eh, what?" and "I say, rather, old fruit". In particular, Anticlimax's frequent use of "what?" makes Obelix ask "What do you keep on saying what for?" to which Anticlimax humorously replies "don't you know what's what, what?" Anticlimax mentions that the Britons were working on a tunnel under the English Channel. The Channel Tunnel was completed in 1994, 28 years after the book was published. The city of Londinium was not founded until around 47 AD, about a century after the comic is set. Adaptations The book was adapted into an animated film of the same name, which was released in 1986. The adaptation is similar to the book (the main difference being that Dogmatix accompanies his master to Britain). A second, live-action film was released in 2012. Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia follows the plot of the book, but makes several changes: Chief Mykingdomforanos is replaced by the Queen of England and Anticlimax's tribe are represented as Scots in tartan kilts. The story is combined with elements of Asterix and the Normans – not least in that Vitalstatistix's nephew Justforkix accompanies Asterix and Obelix to Britain. An audiobook of Asterix in Britain adapted by Anthea Bell and narrated by