Million-dollar Shower (WDC 297)

[Daniel van Eijmeren]

HARRY FLUKS to OLIVIER, 03 APRIL 2001:

> [translations in Holland] And there's a Barks one-pager where it
> "rains cats and dogs". The Dutch changed the cats to dogs to make
> it fit with the expression "hondenweer" (dog weather).

I've always wondered why they didn't choose for "beestenweer" (beast weather)
instead. As cats and dogs are both "beesten" (beasts/animals), they wouldn't
have needed to change the cats into dogs.


Best wishes,

--- Daniel