2007-01-26 08:01:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I was just speaking about this with a friend, what a coincidence it's on here now. She said that "smurfs" are little (mythical, obviously) creatures that crawl into kids' ears and kill them--ewww! She said that the two theories about this are that it was a way to explain why certain children died of the plague, and that it was just a way to torment children.
In certain parts of Austria children are told that if they are good then on December 5th Santa will bring them a present and if they are bad then a hairy, horned creature named Krampus (who looks like the devil) will come and beat them. I'm not kidding. They even have people dress up like Krampus and run around trying to scare the crap out of kids! So things are a little different here in Europe when it comes to freaking out children! :)
Hope this helps. :)
2007-01-26 08:36:00 · answer #1 · answered by Cameron 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a frenchman, so I wouldn't know. But I do know The Smurfs originated from a franco-belgian comic called "Johan & Pirlouit". But they were called Les Schtroumpfs!
check out the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs
2007-01-26 08:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by oenophiliac 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Schtroumpf" for sure! In German it's "schlumpf", by the way!
2007-01-26 10:41:54 · answer #3 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dunno???
2007-01-26 08:13:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋