RWL Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The cartoon below was in our local newspaper this morning. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 3:44 PM, RWL said: The cartoon below was in our local newspaper this morning. Aha. Thanks to problems with my internet connection, you beat me to posting about this one. Well done. 8^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWL Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Dagwood makes it to Denmark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 18 hours ago, RWL said: Dagwood makes it to Denmark? I'm not sure about Dagwood (actually "Blondie"), but a lot of American comics do... or at least did, when there were more paper papers carrying comics. In fact, the brother of a friend of mine used to make his living translating comics from English into Danish. (I believe he's now retired.) I remember him telling how impossible it could be when the English involved a pun... sometimes a multiple pun. But these days I get most of my American cartoons and comics, including Blondie, online. And I am, after all, a native American (not to be confused with a Native American), though I've living in Denmark for almost 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, JimLucas said: ...used to make his living translating comics from English into Danish...I remember him telling how impossible it could be when the English involved a pun... sometimes a multiple pun... Jim, I wonder how your translator friend would get on with translating The Cloggies? Edited October 18, 2019 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 3 hours ago, lachenal74693 said: Jim, I wonder how your translator friend would get on with translating The Cloggies? Probably better -- by using Danish dialect -- than trying to convey simply all the levels of meaning when Woodstock (the little bird), lost inside a suit of armor, begs Snoopy to "Please help me make it through the knight!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils' Dream Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Roger, does any film exist of the original Cloggies? Do you know any of these original guys? (!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Devils' Dream said: Roger, does any film exist of the original Cloggies? Do you know any of these original guys? (!!!!) Er, The Cloggies was a strip cartoon by cartoonist Bill Tidy, probably best known for The Cloggies (Private Eye), The Fosdyke Saga (Daily Mirror), and Grimbledon Down (New Scientist). I don't think there was an original model team for The Cloggies, but there are a couple of photographs of supposed Cloggies-style teams. The whole shocking story of T'Cloggies can be found here. I couldn't find a picture with a concertina, but they must have had some music, so I'm betting there was a concertina in there somewhere... One of the all-time great 'ritual' dance sides - they are much missed by those 'd'un certain age'... Edited October 18, 2019 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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