<div>Late is most certainly better than never.</div> <div>I am very grateful for the info on the Dutch name of the home town of "Donald Lionduck".</div> <div> </div> <div>As to your question WHY I want to know about this: </div> <div>well, I am in a group of historians, who as a hobby project want to look into the Middle</div> <div>Ages of the Duck world. When I ask you about the Dutch name of the town, it is</div> <div>because some of us think that if compared to the Human world, the town might be</div> <div>expected to be found in the Dutch-speaking areas of the medieval Burgundy.</div> <div> </div> <div>Several stories does, of course, concern the times before the foundation of Duckburg,</div> <div>but this one is rather extraordinary, as we are witnessing something as unusual (in the</div> <div>Duck world) as a crusade, hence suggesting religious warfare! We are also shown</div> <div>religious symbols such as the cross
and the half moon. What was this Duck crusade</div> <div>all about, we wonder, and where did the crusaders come from?</div> <div>The studies of medieval "Stella anatium" will go on...</div> <div> </div> <div>(Just for the record, I probably should add, we have no dubious political intentions with our studies. Our interest in the whole thing is purely Donaldistic.)</div> <div> </div> <div>With greetings,</div> <div>Johnny Jakobsen</div> <div>(Centre for studies of medieval Stella anatium)</div> <div> </div> <div><BR><B><I>"Fluks, H.W. (Harry)" <harry.fluks@tno.nl></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Better late than.. (?)<BR><BR>On August 28, Johnny Jakobsen wrote:<BR><BR>> I have some rather obscure linguistic-onomastic questions for <BR>> the esteemed, international community of DCML concerning the <BR>> Italian duckumentary Paperleone in
oriente (Donald Lionduck <BR>> in the Orient) by Nino Russo and Andrea Freccero, published <BR>> in Topolino (Libretto) no. 2150 in 1997.<BR>> <BR>> My questions are about the original Italian place-names in <BR>> the story. In the very first picture, we meet the home town <BR>> of Donald Lionduck with a wooden sign stating the name of the <BR>> place. What is this small town called in Italian?<BR><BR>Its name in Dutch is Duckonië.<BR><BR>> Later on, <BR>> arrived to the Orient, Donald and the crusading army is about <BR>> to attack and reconquer a castle held by the enemy. In the <BR>> picture showing the camp of the crusaders in front of the <BR>> castle, the captain of the crusaders tell us the name of the <BR>> castle (at least he does in the Danish version).<BR><BR>In the Dutch version, no castle name is mentioned.<BR><BR>> Actually, for both place-names, the Dutch and German <BR>> translations would be of great interest to
me as well.<BR><BR>And of course you've made me curious as to *why* you want to know all this!<BR><BR>--Harry.<BR><BR>This e-mail and its contents are subject to the DISCLAIMER at http://www.tno.nl/disclaimer/email.html<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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