• Flying SquidOPM
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      141 month ago

      Which brings up a point- in the comics, Donald appears to speak without any sort of impediment, and is also quite eloquent. In the cartoons… not so much.

      • @[email protected]
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        121 month ago

        It’s probably to do with it being easier to add in speech than in writing. But I’m sure someone on YouTube can make a 10 hour documentary about the deep lore behind it!

        • @[email protected]
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          Same rules as the boomhauers, they are speaking fluent and beautiful language through the worst drawl imaginable

      • @flabbergast
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        61 month ago

        We can thank Carl Barks for the upgrade from the cartoons.

        • Flying SquidOPM
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          51 month ago

          Carl gave Donald about a 30-point IQ boost along with fixing the speech impediment.

          • @flabbergast
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            41 month ago

            For anybody unfamiliar with Barks and his Duck-legacy, look him up on wikipedia, or better yet: Read his classic Uncle Scrooge stories. Best work he has done!

            • Flying SquidOPM
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              31 month ago

              And I don’t know about the recent reboot, but the Ducktales cartoon from the 80s adapted a lot of Barks stories.

              • @flabbergast
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                31 month ago

                I must admit I’m not familiar with those. I’m more comic than cartoon minded, and get picky about the drawing-style. Gonna check them out though.

              • Something Burger 🍔
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                31 month ago

                The 2017 reboot is excellent (arguably better than the 80s series), and adapts stories by Carl Barks as well as Don Rosa.

    • @thehatfox
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      31 month ago

      As he speaks English, does Donald talk like a duck though?