I bet you were watching and reading cartoons when you were a kid. Remember Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Cartoon Networks and all others?
I grew up with them and many more. Of course, the cartoons were translated into Latvian, but somehow I knew also their original English titles and characters' names - without thinking about it.
By accident yesterday I had a look at the list of different characters and their names in several languages. That was one of the funniest things in the last days and I was laughing so loud that I simply couldn't stop myself from thinking - "This is so funny! How many people ever think about that?"
So here goes just two funny names I found... Feel free to add new ones to the list!
Donald Duck
Donalds Daks - Latvian
Antulis Donaldas - Lithuanian
Piilupart Donald - Estonian
Anders And - Danish
Kalle Anka - Swedish
Uncle Scrooge
Knaps Makdaks - Latvian
Balthazar Picsou - French
Joakim von And - Danish
Dagobert Duck - German
Dagobert McCsip - Hungarian
Scrugulus Anas - Latin
Skrudžas Makdakas - Lithuanian
Ziu Papiruni - Sicilian
Sknerus McKwacz - Polish
P.S. No offense to any of these languages, I love them all and I bet people are making fun of Latvian names as well.
I grew up with them and many more. Of course, the cartoons were translated into Latvian, but somehow I knew also their original English titles and characters' names - without thinking about it.
By accident yesterday I had a look at the list of different characters and their names in several languages. That was one of the funniest things in the last days and I was laughing so loud that I simply couldn't stop myself from thinking - "This is so funny! How many people ever think about that?"
So here goes just two funny names I found... Feel free to add new ones to the list!
Donald Duck
Donalds Daks - Latvian
Antulis Donaldas - Lithuanian
Piilupart Donald - Estonian
Anders And - Danish
Kalle Anka - Swedish
Uncle Scrooge
Knaps Makdaks - Latvian
Balthazar Picsou - French
Joakim von And - Danish
Dagobert Duck - German
Dagobert McCsip - Hungarian
Scrugulus Anas - Latin
Skrudžas Makdakas - Lithuanian
Ziu Papiruni - Sicilian
Sknerus McKwacz - Polish
P.S. No offense to any of these languages, I love them all and I bet people are making fun of Latvian names as well.
Uncle Scrooge = Onu Robert in Estonian :)
AtbildētDzēstOf course we make fun of Latvian names (and your obsession with adding an -s even to proper nouns)!
Donald Duck - Дональд Дак Russian
AtbildētDzēstUncle Scrooge - Скрудж МакДак or дядя Скрудж (both are used)Russian
Uncle Scrooge - El tío Gilito Spanish
Donald Duck - Pato Donald Spanish
Hihihi, both Estonian and Spanish versions are funny! Thanks for sharing!
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