From Italy _ Help :)

[morley]

Hi all
There is a passage in "Low men in yellow coat" where Bobby is talking about his love for the robot tales.
He quotes Robbie - the robot from Forbidden Planet by Asimov - and then, after a few words, between brackets, we read that Sully used to call Isaac Asimov in a funny way. In Italian it sounds: Isaac AsiNov - ASINO is the italian for donkey.
But can you tell me the joke in the original version?
I am trying to imagine how could it be, but I don't find anything suitable.
Thank you so much in advance!

[omm poppa mow mow]

hey morley! what say!

found that place, page 75 in my usa paperback version of the story. "Sully called this great writer Isaac Ass-Move, but of course Sully was almost totally ignorant about books."

Sully is playing on the ass-word, looks like to me, the ole derriere...podunk? latin maybe?

[GNTLGNT]

Yeppur, Pop-oo-mow is on...just a vulgar twist on a name...

[blunthead]

hey morley! what say!

found that place, page 75 in my usa paperback version of the story. "Sully called this great writer Isaac Ass-Move, but of course Sully was almost totally ignorant about books."

Sully is playing on the ass-word, looks like to me, the ole derriere...podunk? latin maybe?

Excellent work, poppa! That's it!

Asinius

[morley]

Hey!! thank you so much for your quick answer!
yesyesyes Ass-Move... quite similar to the italian joke indeed...
SO funny! thank you so much my friend!!