an addendum regarding Julie d'Aubigny's Wikipedia page: it is significantly more boring now. the bits about burning down convents, stapling noblemen to trees, et cetera have been removed since they "[appear] to have been fictional", at least according to the Talk page. however, that same discussion also mentions that there is "next to no scholarly analysis about this woman's actual life written in English." French history majors, this is your golden chance.
Cule Chick I love how the comment stood for at least a year and a half before being corrected and you fix it within a month. Oh, and happy new years I guess
Now that I'm thinking about it, I have to wonder... did Julie and her girlfriend concoct the plan together, or did her girlfriend hear a tap on the window and open it to see Julie holding a corpse?
Gary's line: "Well, that's what she was doing with the swords, to be honest." is probably my favorite joke I've heard this series. It took about 3 seconds to click, but man was that a good response
Is this a religion yet ? 'cause I'm intersted. Also, I'd love to watch a tv series out of this. Julie living a trail of injured shoulders and shatterd men egos.
Well, this has just made me reevaluate my life - I’m seventeen, I have yet to steal a body, set fire to a convent, stab someone, duel someone, flee any cities or townships, or join the opera.
Good to know! The subtitling's done by sending it off to a transcription service; I then clean up the transcript, run it through TH-cam's auto-sync system, and check through the results. Glad to hear it's worth the effort :)
Matt's back next week for the final two episodes of this season! In the meantime, please feel free to correct me how 'dueling' should be spelled. (The subtitles spell it the other way, so everyone can be equally angry!)
as for the "a mens courage could be judged by the number of scars on their cheeks" this is true for both cheeks actually. if you have scars in your face you are brave, if you have scars on your butt you probably tried to run away so you are very coward.
..the wheel spins and lands on France. Again. For those who weren't keeping score (SPOILERS): Chris: 8 Gary: 2 Will: 5 Winner: Will Biscuits: Chris (twice)
Having seen someone other than the original four of the Citation Needed crew now makes me want the likes of Matt Parker, Jay Foreman, James Grime, etc... on the show now.
Doing my regular rewatching of Citation Needed this episode is a delight to reach, as I since last time I watched it has gotten to know a lady who I've over time become increasingly convinced is a time traveling Julie D'Aubigny. The many ways in which they effectively are the same person existing at different points in time is remarkable.
You win A simple ringing instrument carried in the pants of the composer of the famous Canon in D, brought to you by a heavily americanized Mexican restaurant: a Taco Bell Pachelbel pocket bell A verb turned into an adjective with three breast tips: a triple-nipple participle
Reading her wikipedia page is now very different, but it turns out there were fictional accounts of her life almost immediately. I'd hazard to guess that these fictional accounts are why her wiki page is now so different from what was related by Tom.
I'll be honest, if I could only choose one of them, I'd pick Matt over Will, but if I had my choice, I'd love to see all five of you together. Will Seward still has a damn fine sense of humor even if he doesn't talk as much and has me in stitches just as often as the rest of you. Glad you brought him on board.
+Lucas Snowball_Cathug he finds himself too funny which is a massive turn off for me. I don't mind the eccentric/jolly persona but laughing at yourself at relatively benign jokes rubs me the wrong way :/
true but tom 1) is from midlands which is better that south (by better i mean closer to york/the north) 2) went to school in york. whereas will is from the south coast i think
Calm down, it's all a fecking island in the middle of the Atlantic anyway, and they all speak the same language. As an Indian it feels like they live practically next to each other.
@@xmlthegreat As an American it's weird to think about people who could go anywhere within the country they live in (not counting any sort of external territories) within a day's driving more or less.
Will Seaward (i'm sure i'm misspelling that) has an absolutely delightful voice. Tom if you ever see him again, please tell him that at least one person on the internet adores his voice.
Actually fencing to get specific scars is still a rite of passage in some german university fraternities, it is seen as quite backwards by most people though
When Gary said "that window needs just a gentle tap on it now" I got a chill imagining an immortal Julie or her ghost or her ghoul or something actually doing that.
Tom referred exactly to that. On Twitter, I believe. He even mentioned talking about building fires, too. Luckily they managed to postpone the release on time, otherwise it would have been a very awkward episode to watch.
Had so much fun seeing all of you struggling with French names. ;) Luynes is pronounced roughly "luene", when using English pronunciation. The last letter is silent (as so many words in French). Like... Jacques... for instance! :P
Julie d'Aubigny = /ʒy.li d‿o.bi.ɲi/. The last name is pronounced close to "doe-bing-ee". Duc de Luynes is pronounced /dyk də lɥin/, Luynes sounding a bit like "lwin" (with the "oo" part essentially removed).
I'm going through the Wikipedia article and i can't find anything about the convent heist thing and challenging people to duels, perhaps they removed it :(
I just love how twice in this clip, Gary's just stuck trying to process what he's hearing. Just...hands on temple, hunched over, with a sputtering "HOW CAN-?!"
I can't remember the names of all the grammar thingies, but what I thought they meant was "there is a can, and that can will stay as a fifth member." And then there was a question mark for some reason, which made me rethink it.
Fun fact, it is a viable tactic in fencing to whip the tip of the sword around your opponent, clipping them in the butt. (Or back of shoulder but whatever)
an addendum regarding Julie d'Aubigny's Wikipedia page: it is significantly more boring now. the bits about burning down convents, stapling noblemen to trees, et cetera have been removed since they "[appear] to have been fictional", at least according to the Talk page.
however, that same discussion also mentions that there is "next to no scholarly analysis about this woman's actual life written in English." French history majors, this is your golden chance.
That's sort of sad.
But this was maybe the inspiration for two of the protagonists in Sir PTerry's "Monstrous Regiment" :)
Facts kill humor.
Those things are now back on her Wikipedia page
French-English language students I guess... to translate the work for French?
@@johanneswerner1140 Ayy Prattchet
I didn't know it was possible to fall in love with someone by having their Wikipedia article described to me by Tom Scott, but...
I'm in love with both her and Tom now...
Its not
Sword Lesbians FTW
Bismarck it is?
@@ellaisplotting well tom is handsome for 19th century warring Germany
"Flamboyant Bisexual with career in Opera beats all the men at duels" I think I'd enjoy that life.
Cule Chick Mood.
Opera
@@saw7191 TY, fixed.
Cule Chick I love how the comment stood for at least a year and a half before being corrected and you fix it within a month. Oh, and happy new years I guess
That’s most of my tabletop RPG character folder in one person
You resurrected my father! Prepare to live!
Geo za You resurrected my son, be surprised that you will live!
* EnvyTheJelly * if we go for full opposite then it should I resurrected my son
I resurected your son, be surprised to stay alive!
If we go full circle.
I was thinking wife, or maybe daughter.
Prepare to live?11?1?1?
Now that I'm thinking about it, I have to wonder... did Julie and her girlfriend concoct the plan together, or did her girlfriend hear a tap on the window and open it to see Julie holding a corpse?
It never happened
@@comface how do you know it didn't happen
@@play-s-_______-osu didn't you hear? If that individual wasn't there, it didn't happen
@@comface it was due to happen, but it didn't
@@demonking86420 because Stanlek got made minister of war chief boss of war
Gary's line: "Well, that's what she was doing with the swords, to be honest." is probably my favorite joke I've heard this series. It took about 3 seconds to click, but man was that a good response
"Singing and fencing at the same time." So being a D&D bard?
Guybrush Threepwood, at your disservice!
Close. You forgot about their inane habit of swinging from chandeliers.
IoKnight I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of that.
@@Noremaad
Sia the bard
and attempting to romance everyone?
I love that Chris's specialty topic is military history, and yet he refers to the art of fencing as "SWORDING!"
I think you'll find his specialty is reading books y'know!
I always heard the intro as "you know it's Chris Joel!" as in "it has to be Chris" - never considered phrasing it the other way, mind blown!
Chris' speciality is ornithology, I assure you.
Also geology
Swording is a perfectly reasonable term to refer to the use of a sword
"Be gay, do crimes."
-Julie D'Aubigny, probably
Classic
I mean, "be bi, do stab a fecker" seems more like it, but close enough
Is this a religion yet ? 'cause I'm intersted. Also, I'd love to watch a tv series out of this. Julie living a trail of injured shoulders and shatterd men egos.
@Dennis Arian what does this scam have to do with this?
Absolute Bicon
Well, this has just made me reevaluate my life - I’m seventeen, I have yet to steal a body, set fire to a convent, stab someone, duel someone, flee any cities or townships, or join the opera.
Three years later, what have you achieved? 😁
@@qwertyTRiG Julie didn't have a pandemic
@@qwertyTRiG I’ve now completed two things on this list, again, no hints as to which two.
@@hotscottrulz Pleased to hear it! (I think.)
@@hotscottrulz I look forward to the next update in three years
I would rather like to employ Will Seaward to just follow me around and say words at things, he seems to be truly delightful.
_Delightful?_
"Matthew appears to be wearing a scarf today. Fantastic! Perhaps it's cold outside."
Panthers?
@@demonking86420 *Hovercraft*?
To the person subtitling all of these: thank you so much. Not a native speaker here, it really helps me.
Good to know! The subtitling's done by sending it off to a transcription service; I then clean up the transcript, run it through TH-cam's auto-sync system, and check through the results. Glad to hear it's worth the effort :)
When you say service, do you mean a bunch of people who describe things for money, or do you mean a webservice?
It really helps a lot. Thank you for the effort.
it helps a lot with the overwhelming brithisness :P
i speak english but the accent is kind of hard for me, thanks for the subbs! loving the show. all the love from Paraguay
We need a netflix series about Julie D'Aubigny.
Not a Chance, the critics would say that the plot is implausible and incoherent. Also that the characters don't feel like real people.
They'd also find massive problems of having a 14 year old be a mistress.
You know how old Daenerys is supposed to be at the start of Game of Thrones right?
jcxz and yet it happened. reminds me of the test audience screening of apollo 13 when someone wrote unbelievable they would have never survived.
Sounds a bit like Arya Stark
Julie D'Aubigny is basically a JRPG protagonist.
on point.
The heroine of the new sakura taisen
The D&D party's bard.
I am looking forward to the new show "Tom Scott's Not French"
Actually, it's just an episode of "Things you might not know"
I'm pretty sure we know
But is he a lawyer?
Theme tune by Girls Aloud.
Certainly not Finnish either.
The mispronunciation of French names was positively catastrophic and I couldn't stop laughing all along.
This took me two episodes to understand the format. But dang now it's so funny. Will was a great guest.
The crazy thing is... There's still a whole bunch of stuff they skipped over.
I'm sorry what? I MUST KNOW
I never thought there would be an episode about someone more amazing than Mad Jack Churchill.
Could you imagine if they had lived at the same time, and had gone into battles together?
Imagine lovechild coming out of that...
@@djokealtena2538 who happens to be riding on Sgt. Reckless
I'm imagining the lovechild coming out of that becoming an accountant in an act of teenage rebellion.
@@FuugaNatsuWith Juan Paul Garcia as their intelligence officer.
"You Rezerected my Father, prepare to live?" This is just, so good. SO so good.
That line should have gotten Biscuits!
Matt's back next week for the final two episodes of this season! In the meantime, please feel free to correct me how 'dueling' should be spelled. (The subtitles spell it the other way, so everyone can be equally angry!)
One L is US English, double L is British English. Also, 'Luynes' is pronounced 'loo-een'.
how could you post this one week ago?
could anyone explain how does that aristotle whatever comes from that something that tom said?
i never get that.
Duelling (English)
Dueling (American)
What happened that caused your scar?
Eric Williamson An accident in an Italian playground, if I recall correctly.
as for the "a mens courage could be judged by the number of scars on their cheeks" this is true for both cheeks actually. if you have scars in your face you are brave, if you have scars on your butt you probably tried to run away so you are very coward.
very coward indeed
Or very kinky, y'know
But you'd only see someone's butt cheek scars if you, yourself, were very kinky
The duelling scar or Schmiss was sadly very honourable in German-speaking lands for 100 years.
@@Senny_V Or just happened to slice someone's belt
Yay! You've picked my favorite historical figure. 30 seconds in and i was giggling to myself "Its the bisexual swordfight nun"!
Who is also an opera singer!
emily boj she’s in my tie for second, Grainne Ní Mahlie or other spellings is top.
Julie D'Aubigny: DOUGH-bin-yee
Count D'Armagnac: DAR-mon-yak
Luynes: Lween
The only issue is that we can no longer have the innately hilarious son of the Duke of Loins
..the wheel spins and lands on France. Again.
For those who weren't keeping score (SPOILERS):
Chris: 8
Gary: 2
Will: 5
Winner: Will
Biscuits: Chris (twice)
Yeah, the winner does seem sort of random.
Maybe they cut out some of the points...
since there's no real prize, i think tom just picks a winner at his discretion
Texan Nationalist he does, he mentioned it multiple times, at least once in the reverse trivia podcast.
mfw Tom accidentally summons a demon while trying to pronounce French
Usually you'd only see that with Latin itself
It’s just Door-Bin-Yee ! That’s not hard
Having seen someone other than the original four of the Citation Needed crew now makes me want the likes of Matt Parker, Jay Foreman, James Grime, etc... on the show now.
Tonks Moriarty Would they do a comedy skit involving a banana singing a mathematical song one syllable behind?
Well, Matt Parker is in at least in two of the episodes, though.
James Grime? I don't think he's done anything aimed at being funny
Imagine the Map Men in a TechDif game show
this woman should be the icon of all bisexuals everywhere
Thank you for using the word "bisexual". As a bi/pan person myself, people forget we exist a lot!
Isabella Morris it's not that we forget you, it's that we don't care.
Dante Entrouvich thanks :)
I believe the term is bi-con. But yes! I agree
We regularly make sacrifices to her.
That girl is quite legendary, those biographies put modern superhero movies to shame!
Panthers?
Ivan Alfaro Panthers
I can never unsee or unhear this.
paaanthers
She pretended to be a panther?
PANTHERS?
Doing my regular rewatching of Citation Needed this episode is a delight to reach, as I since last time I watched it has gotten to know a lady who I've over time become increasingly convinced is a time traveling Julie D'Aubigny.
The many ways in which they effectively are the same person existing at different points in time is remarkable.
Y'know, both of Will's slightly absurd plans for extracting lovers from convents are significantly better plans than Julie's...
Sword wielding, bisexual arsonist who's wanted in multiple countries
When do we get a fantasy book based on this?
Nah, just france. But like, many times all over france.
The greatest dueling bisexual
An inspiration to us all
You win
A simple ringing instrument carried in the pants of the composer of the famous Canon in D, brought to you by a heavily americanized Mexican restaurant: a Taco Bell Pachelbel pocket bell
A verb turned into an adjective with three breast tips: a triple-nipple participle
Well. If there isn't already a story based on Julie D'Aubigy's life, there clearly needs to be one.
Reading her wikipedia page is now very different, but it turns out there were fictional accounts of her life almost immediately. I'd hazard to guess that these fictional accounts are why her wiki page is now so different from what was related by Tom.
Apparently there's already a book about it, a movie coming out at some point in the future
@@Milamberinx conspiracy dun dun dun
This NEEDS to be made into a movie. Aside from the history and LGBTQ+ ness, it's also a roaring comedy.
I'd certainly watch it!
And a musical!
At some point a prize should be: A violent group of canines with an interest in classical music. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Oh that's good
is Will Brian Blessed's secret love child?
jjfarr72 thank you!
I'd say nothing Brian Blessed did can be even remotely secret.
I'll be honest, if I could only choose one of them, I'd pick Matt over Will, but if I had my choice, I'd love to see all five of you together. Will Seward still has a damn fine sense of humor even if he doesn't talk as much and has me in stitches just as often as the rest of you. Glad you brought him on board.
Lord LunaEquie is me Love the guy, not sure how I feel about his laugh, it's... too majestic?
+Lucas Snowball_Cathug he finds himself too funny which is a massive turn off for me. I don't mind the eccentric/jolly persona but laughing at yourself at relatively benign jokes rubs me the wrong way :/
Like a bald eagle among barn owls, you mean?
(not to mean any disrespect to the rest of the Technical Difficulties crew)
Throw Matt Parker in there too.
Panthers?
Running trend across this show: Tom misusing the term "opposite" and everyone else calling him on it instantly.
A DEMOLITIONIST!
Excellent series as expected, now unsee the grey dots at the cross points of the window frame. Sorry...
ikr!!!
crap ... it's that famous optical illusion but in real life!
Extra Credits brought me here. Why haven't I discovered this after all these months?!
So surprising the Tom's weakness is pronouncing French nouns. Dare I say? I will. It's adorable.
The opposite would be "he gave birth to my father, prepare to be born".
You need to do a video about the English Civil War featuring Will dressed as a Cavalier.
Will:I'm not from Yorkshire
Gary: get him out
.....hang on a second Gary.......neither is Tom. Tom's from Nottinghamshire. ☺️
true but tom 1) is from midlands which is better that south (by better i mean closer to york/the north) 2) went to school in york. whereas will is from the south coast i think
Calm down, it's all a fecking island in the middle of the Atlantic anyway, and they all speak the same language. As an Indian it feels like they live practically next to each other.
@@xmlthegreat It's the narcissism of petty differences.
@@xmlthegreat As an American it's weird to think about people who could go anywhere within the country they live in (not counting any sort of external territories) within a day's driving more or less.
Will Seaward (i'm sure i'm misspelling that) has an absolutely delightful voice. Tom if you ever see him again, please tell him that at least one person on the internet adores his voice.
will was sort of iffy with me with the last episode but he's already came into his own on this episode I really enjoyed him
Okay, she's definitely going on my time machine bucket list
Actually fencing to get specific scars is still a rite of passage in some german university fraternities, it is seen as quite backwards by most people though
I’m part French and you’re doing way better than I ever could.
*_mystery biscuits_*
oh YEAH
PANTHERS?
That oh yeah is still Matt's, wtf.
OMG! The Mystery Biscuits are PANTHERS!
When Gary said "that window needs just a gentle tap on it now" I got a chill imagining an immortal Julie or her ghost or her ghoul or something actually doing that.
I should draw this
its great to watch one of these knowing all of the answers, i highly recommend it.
Will Seaward laughs with authority, and I adore it.
So I think what we have learnt from this episode is that
...
Tom isn't French.
And that is something you might not have known.
Ding
Can I just say that I LOVE this show? Best series I've seen in a long time, and it never gets old.
You know, one of the things I love about this series is that the humor is very classy and highbrow
I can see why you didn't release this last week.
They joke about burning down buildings and there was a huge fire in London the day before it would have been posted.
Tom referred exactly to that. On Twitter, I believe. He even mentioned talking about building fires, too.
Luckily they managed to postpone the release on time, otherwise it would have been a very awkward episode to watch.
nanianmichaels they are good lads.
Best season 6 episode. I am in awe of Chris amazingly getting the awkwardly alluded alliteration award.
Had so much fun seeing all of you struggling with French names. ;)
Luynes is pronounced roughly "luene", when using English pronunciation.
The last letter is silent (as so many words in French). Like... Jacques... for instance! :P
you win the chance to shop for fancy facial hair
i browse highbrow eyebrows
Tom, I have to say, I love this section of yours. There is nothing like this in youtube!!
Hey Tom, you got La marquise de Florensac pretty well pronounced :)
Allways pleasant, thank you and good job !
my day keeps getting better and better
And now, 4 years later, almost all the interesting content was removed from the Wikipedia article due to lack of reliable sources.
Julie d'Aubigny = /ʒy.li d‿o.bi.ɲi/. The last name is pronounced close to "doe-bing-ee".
Duc de Luynes is pronounced /dyk də lɥin/, Luynes sounding a bit like "lwin" (with the "oo" part essentially removed).
This needs more viewership.
Fuckin love her, absolute queen and a bi-con for the ages.
Thought I wouldn't enjoy this without Matt, but actually enjoyed it just as much - Will is great! Moooore!
I'm going through the Wikipedia article and i can't find anything about the convent heist thing and challenging people to duels, perhaps they removed it :(
Some people say they did but they also put it back
I just love how twice in this clip, Gary's just stuck trying to process what he's hearing. Just...hands on temple, hunched over, with a sputtering "HOW CAN-?!"
Julie D'Aubigny was awesome, there should be films about her
Tom you all never fail to impress. This season's been awesome, keep it up!
Did we have a rare instance of multiple mystery biscuits?
Vihang Dixit Worth staying to the end for.
Vihang Dixit is hardly rare anymore
That was delightful. Always nice to learn a thing or two about someone vastly more accomplished than I would ever be...
can will stay as a fifth member?
For a moment there I thought "can" was the subject and "will" was the verb.
Capitalisation, my friend, capitalisation.
and "stay" was the object?
I can't remember the names of all the grammar thingies, but what I thought they meant was "there is a can, and that can will stay as a fifth member." And then there was a question mark for some reason, which made me rethink it.
Can would be a terrific addition to the show
Singing and fencing at the same time? That's just "Confrontation" from Les Miserables -- In counterpoint no less!
Isn’t that like half of les miserables?
Good episode
when will tom scott make 1 hr podcasts
the world truely needs it
Lovely episode
I swear, Will is actually a cavalier.
The window in the back behind Tom and Chris is doing that illusion where grey spots appear where the lines cross.
Matt looks so different in this episode
Yes! I always knew her story would make a great episode of this show!
Julie D'Aubigny - College of Swords Bard
Jack Churchill - College of Valor Bard
sword lesbians on tech diff? my kinda video
Beth Nott more like bisexual no?
@@khoatran-pc6tb feels slightly more les than bi but fair enough
So is this the one with a "burning buildings" reference?
Aniruddha Shanbhag Probably when they burned down the convent.
I like how they think about the prize more than to answering the questions
Gary, you will never be forgiven for that opening line.
The official mistress of Louie 14 is my wife's 9th great grandma.
*Louis
OUR WILL IS TO SEE MORE WILL! *coughs*
Everybody's talking about turning her life into a tv show and I'm just sitting here thinking "That would make a damned good story for an opera!"
I think this is my favorite episode.
Fantastic series! Plus the extras!
Saw the Episode by Extra Credit of this story of the perfect DnD Bard. And it was funnier because I knew what was coming.
Fun fact, it is a viable tactic in fencing to whip the tip of the sword around your opponent, clipping them in the butt.
(Or back of shoulder but whatever)
Yeah, I can understand why you moved this episode back a week. Bloody hilarious though. Well worth the wait.
I can't stop looking at the window in the background, I keep getting the The Hermann grid illusion!