OTHER LANGUAGES

Barks was not afraid of supplementing his brilliant English with words and whole phrases in other languages - both real and invented.

 

 


Scottish


Spanish

Ancient English WDCS233: The nephews play old English knights: Odzookens, Brother Knights! Me thinks a damsel screams in distress on yonder balcony! - Forsooth! Her wails for help shall be answered! - Ods bodkins! And a thousand gadzooks!
Chinese U$56: The nephews cry out Gung Ho which is an old Mandarin term meaning We will work together!
Indian gibberish WDCS230: A North-American tribe leader speaks: This tonic you sellum make-um all our hair fallum out! Barks made several stories in which different tribes spoke his invented 'um'-language
Japanese U$56: The nephews cry out Banzai which is a traditional cheer meaning May you live for a thousand years!
Scientific gibberish U$63: Beagle Boy 176-176 presents a Doctor's degree in Brain Fibrillation and Cranial Encephalography. Beagle Boy 176-716 seconds by stating that he is a Doctor of Metallurgy and Bachelor of Electropyrotechnology.
Scholarly gibberish FC0223: A square man speaks in the Professor Rhutt Betlah tongue: We ain't nevah been noplace! We's lived heah fo' evah, fah as ah kin figgah out!
Scottish FC0189: The castle caretaker greets: Scrooge, as I live an' breathe! A bonnie welcome to Ye an' the brave lads!
Spanish U$26: Scrooge dressed in a conquistador uniform: A toda velocidad hacia arriba, mi soldados! (Today, move rapidly upwards, my soldiers!)
Technical gibberish U$GTD: Gyro concentrating: Now to rig a thingumawhizzle from the drive sprocket through a gigamaree!

Barks did also let Donald speak German, but that was not convincing. See more HERE (third paragraph).

 

 

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THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES

 

 

PHRASES
OTHER LANGUAGES
STATEMENTS
PLAY ON WORDS
GRAMMAR

 

 

 

http://www.cbarks.dk/thelanguagemasterb.htm   Date 2007-04-29