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Babe is generally a slang term of endearment. It is sometimes claimed that it derives from the Irish Gaelic word báb, a term of endearment for a baby or a young woman,[1] but it is far more likely to be from the English babe/baby. The work of Daniel Cassidy is notoriously unreliable (or reliably wrong). The term may also refer to:
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- Babe, the title character of the Dick King-Smith book The Sheep-Pig
- Babe (film), a 1995 Australian film based on the book
- Babe: Pig in the City, the 1998 sequel
- Babe (comics), a comic book by artist/writer John Byrne
- Babe (band), a Serbian rock band
- "Babe" (Styx song), a song on Styx's 1979 album Cornerstone
- "Babe" (Take That song), a number one hit single by the UK boy band Take That
- BaBe, a Japanese Pop duo
- Babe the Blue Ox, the giant blue ox in the tall tales about the mythical lumberjack Paul Bunyan
- The Babe (film), a 1992 film about famed baseball player Babe Ruth starring John Goodman
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- Babe (Bragança), a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança
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- Babe Adams (1882–1968), American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (1906–1926)
- Babe Dye (1898–1962), Canadian professional ice hockey forward
- Babe Herman (1903–1987), American right fielder in Major League Baseball
- Babe Laufenberg (1959–present), American quarterback in National Football League.
- Babe Parilli (1929–present), American quarterback in National Football League, American Football League, and Canadian Football League
- Babe Pinelli (1895–1984), American third baseman and umpire in Major League Baseball
- Babe Pratt (1916–1988), Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Babe Ruth (1895–1948), American Major League baseball player (1914–1935)
- Babe Zaharias (1911–1956), American multi-sport female athlete, née Didrikson.
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- ^ Cassidy, D: "How the Irish invented Slang", page 82, CounterPunch Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904859-60-4
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Babe (Take That song)
"Babe" is a song by boyband Take That. It was the fourth single from Take That's second album, Everything Changes. Written by Gary Barlow, it features Mark Owen on lead vocals. The production was led by David Clayton who later spent 10 years as keyboard player and backing vocalist with Simply Red.
Background
Released on 13 December 1993, it became Take That's third single in a row to go straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart, knocking Mr Blobby's self-titled novelty single from the number one slot in the process. The following week however, Mr Blobby's single climbed back to number one, denying Take That the Christmas number one place. The single sold 350,000 copies in 1993, and was that year's 14th biggest-selling single. The song was certified platinum on 1 January 1994 for shipments of over 600,000 copies in the UK. The song was featured in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Fatal Extraction" broadcast on 25 December 1993, the day that the song had been knocked off number one in the singles chart.
Babe (comics)
Babe was a four-issue comic book mini-series published by American company Dark Horse Comics under their Legend imprint, from July 1994 to October 1994. It was written by John Byrne, with pencils and inks by Byrne, and covers by Gary Cody.
Babe was set in the same universe as Hellboy, The Torch of Liberty, and Danger Unlimited.
Plot
In the first issue, Babe, a super-strong woman, appears to Ralph Rowan, with no memory of where she came from, how she ended up on the beach, where her force comes from, or why nothing hurts her. In issues #2 and #3, she is snatched up by aliens, and teams up with guest The Blonde Bombshell (former partner of Torch of Liberty). After escaping the alien spacecraft in issue #3, Babe and company come back to Earth along with the survivors of a mysterious plane crash, who have some strange connection to Babe. Issue #3 also feature the first appearance of John Byrne's creation, the Prototykes. Babe's origin is finally revealed in issue #4, which features the Prototykes again, and Babe's final showdown with villain Gideon Longshadow.
Cartouche (disambiguation)
A cartouche is an oblong Egyptian hieroglyphs enclosure.
Cartouche may also refer to:
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Cartouche (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Cartouche hieroglyph-(as hieroglyph only) is used to represent the Egyptian language word for 'name'. It is Gardiner sign listed no. V10, of the subgroup for rope, fibre, baskets, bags, etc.
Rosetta Stone usage
The cartouche hieroglyph is used seven times in the Rosetta Stone, with the viper in the phrase: ren-f, "name-his", (or 'name-its').
Gallery of cartouche as hieroglyph
Incised medium bas relief hieroglyphs
Incised medium bas relief hieroglyphs
Temple of Edfu
Cartouche upon gold (hieroglyph)-(as central iconography theme)
Temple of Edfu
Cartouche upon gold (hieroglyph)-(as central iconography theme)
Use of cartouche hieroglyph, middle column above swallow (hieroglyph)
(Stela of Ramses I and Ramses IX)
Use of cartouche hieroglyph, middle column above swallow (hieroglyph)
(Stela of Ramses I and Ramses IX)
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Cartouche (film)
Cartouche is a 1962 French film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale.
Plot
In the 18th century, Louis Dominique Bourguignon is working with Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He hides out from Malichot and joins the army, where he and his two new friends survive by hiding out on the battlefield. Together they rob the general of his gold. Fleeing, they stop at an inn where they meet Venus, a beautiful gypsy who has been taken prisoner. He rescues her and she joins his gang. Returning to Paris, de Bourguignon creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, and most of Malichot's gang join him. They make audacious robberies of the rich people, and distribute the takings with the poor. Thus, Cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot. Malichot goes to the police to betray Cartouche, but Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, the police use this against him and set a trap while he has a tryst with Venus in the countryside. He is captured, but his men ambush the guards as they lead him away. In the scuffle that follows, Cartouche is saved by Venus, who sacrifices her life to save him from harm. Cartouche and his men place Venus's body in an expensive carriage they stole earlier from a nobleman and roll the carriage in a lake. As the carriage slowly sinks Cartouche tells his men to disperse as he vows to avenge the death of his beloved Venus - a way that he anticipates will lead him sooner or later to the gallows.
