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[edit]'Allo 'Allo!
[edit]In the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! there are three waitresses, Maria Recamier, Yvette Carte-Blanche and Mimi Labonq. Is there some sort of pun/wordplay with the name Recamier? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:24, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- A recamier is a sort of couch, suitable for making love upon. Named after Juliette Récamier, a French hostess. DuncanHill (talk) 12:49, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Now that is cultural legacy! Thank you very much! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:01, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- There's a picture of one at Wikt:recamier. Alansplodge (talk) 20:54, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Recamier2. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:39, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
- There's a picture of one at Wikt:recamier. Alansplodge (talk) 20:54, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Now that is cultural legacy! Thank you very much! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:01, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
- Did those British airmen ever get home?! Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 19:56, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
- List of 'Allo 'Allo! characters#Officers Fairfax and Carstairs: "In season 8, it is said that they have returned to England, but they return in the final season, having been captured by the Germans on D-Day". Alansplodge (talk) 11:52, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
- Haha, thanks! Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 14:30, 19 July 2020 (UTC)