Finnish Rosa calendar & Chickadees name

Halsten Aastebøl Halsten.Aastebol at elkraft.ntnu.no
Tue Sep 25 21:51:55 CEST 2007


Hi!

In Norway: 
Junior woodchucks = Hakkespettene (the woodpeckers)
Little Chickadees = Meisene (the titmouses, titmouse is a small bird (I used
Clue to find a translation))

Halsten

-----Original Message-----
From: dcml-bounces at nafsk.se [mailto:dcml-bounces at nafsk.se] On Behalf Of
Elaine Ramshaw
Sent: 25. september 2007 20:58
To: dcml at nafsk.se
Subject: Finnish Rosa calendar & Chickadees name

I just received my copies of the Finnish calendar with Rosa's Uncle Scrooge
drawings, hooray! The calendar clearly has Rosa's explanations of what's
what in all the pictures, printed on the first couple of pages. Will those
explanations be printed in English in the issues of Gemstone's Uncle Scrooge
in which the drawings will appear? If not, is there any way I can get an
English version of the explanations?

Anyway, I am happy as a clam. (By the way, I learned the origin of that odd
phrase: it's short for the original expression, "happy as a clam at high
tide," which makes a lot more sense; you can't go clamming at high tide.)
Thanks again to Helgen for the directions on where to order it! My friend
Lowell and my godson David will also be most grateful to you, come
Christmas. 

I have much enjoyed the reports on the names of the Junior Woodchucks around
the world. Re: the comment on "woodchicks" for the girl scouts--I've long
wished that Barks had stuck with the name "Junior Bonfire Girls," which he
used in the very early "Kite Weather" story (WDCS 42, 1944). For you folks
in other parts of the world, I'll explain that it's a direct take-off on the
name of another scout-like organization in the States, the Campfire Girls.
But I think "Junior Bonfire Girls" is a *much* cooler name than "Little
Chickadees" (or worse, "Littlest Chickadees"). I wish someone would revive
the Bonfire Girls organization in Duckburg. 

I know, I know, the name "Junior Woodchuck" ("pint-sized marmot") wouldn't
sound very noble if we didn't have such great associations with it from all
the Barksian stories. But it's still got a bit more inherent dignity to it
than the patronizing "Littlest Chickadee."

So, in Sweden and Denmark, where the Woodchucks are green woodpeckers, are
the Chickadees also a kind of bird, so that the two groups have more of a
species parity?

Elaine



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