"Grandma" to Scrooge
Gary Leach
bangfish at comcast.net
Fri Aug 15 02:33:07 CEST 2003
Olaf:
> Another question: How many stories can you show us where Barks says
> that Scrooge
> and Grandma are NOT siblings?
Though this sort of thing is never conclusive, let me say that in
reading untranslated Barks, in every instance where Scrooge and Grandma
interact on a name basis, Scrooge calls Grandma "Grandma." And he does
so even when they're not in the presence of Donald or the boys. Now, as
I say, this is not conclusive, but it is also true that here in the US
it would be very, very unusual for a brother to call his sister
"Grandma."
As for Scrooge and Granda being siblings according to the Italian
perspective, this developed and established itself in its own right,
and personally I like that there can be two ongoing views of the
matter. Though some may find this difficult to grasp, differences
really can be a healthy thing.
Gary
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