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I was just looking at the Tintin characters guide on this site and noticed that "Guv" is listed as a member of Dawson's gang (The Red Sea Sharks, page 12).

I think this is a British idiom (like Sunny Jim) short for "guv'nor" or governor, meaning boss. The character is speaking to his boss, Dawson - "Morning, guv. Seen the Reporter today?..."

Nitpickin' Chris

You actually read the guide? ;-) Well spotted, Harrock n roll! I also believe that "Guv" (guv'nor/guvner) stands for boss here. Let's wait for a few more responses before we amend the guide.

I concur with Chris, Guv is short for Guv'nor.
Rik

Me too - he's talking to his boss. I think it should be corrected. Well spotted!

Yep...I agree too, if your going to change Sunny Jim then you should change this too. It may be worth checking out what he calls the boss in french. Guv is a 'Cockney' sort of slang that MT and LLC would have used as 'gangster' talk.

LOL! It's quite funny when you mistake them for real names like that.... :P

On the subject of the list, you might want to make it more navigatable, eg. making links from one letter to the next, and putting all the names in one list that can also be downloaded.

It also seems pretentious to use "Début" when the character in question has a role in only one story, especially those who are supporting characters who appear in just one frame. And you missed the acute accent on one of the characters in the "C" list; his name escapes me because it's so unimportant.

Thanks for your feedback, finlay: I don't know how the proof-readers and I could all have missed the mistake when putting the guide together from contributions made by readers from around the world all those years ago!

Would the Tintin character who is missing an acute accent kindly step forward so I can see you!?