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Post by rubl on Feb 17, 2017 23:19:07 GMT 7
Kids loved 'Nijntje' (aka 'Miffy') and even growups (especially grandparents) "Dick Bruna, 'spiritual father' of rabbit Miffy, dies at 89 Dick Bruna, the Dutch "spiritual father" of Miffy, the white rabbit who enchanted millions of young children around the world for more than half a century, has died at age 89, his publisher announced Friday. Decades before Instagram made square images immensely popular, illustrator and artist Bruna understood their power. For years, his Miffy books were printed in a square format." www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/world/dick-bruna-spiritual-father-rabbit-miffy-dies/A3DrRcQkQDTnTkbsuFiiJO/ |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 5:55:15 GMT 7
This unlocked a little sector of my brain that has laid dormant for many, many years.
I had a miffy picture book when I was about 3, it had good calming qualities when it came to bedtime.
Never seen any modern animation though, can't watch it I'm too old for that now.
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Post by rubl on Feb 18, 2017 11:04:57 GMT 7
This unlocked a little sector of my brain that has laid dormant for many, many years. I had a miffy picture book when I was about 3, it had good calming qualities when it came to bedtime. Never seen any modern animation though, can't watch it I'm too old for that now. Can't watch it because too old? At 61 I'm still young enough to enjoy watching these clips, preferably with some grandkids around me  PS before showing this clip hide the crayons  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 13:55:08 GMT 7
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Post by AyG on Feb 18, 2017 18:57:00 GMT 7
I've long wondered (but not wondered enough to find the answer) why the character has a Welsh name, Miffy being a form of Myfanwy. Anyone known?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 19:30:36 GMT 7
I notice they put a darkie in there, maybe for the usual equality reasons, weren't any in my book.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 19:53:18 GMT 7
I notice they put a darkie in there, maybe for the usual equality reasons, weren't any in my book. Yes I noticed there were five vanilla and one chocolate bunny in the classroom. Surprised they didn't make it more true-to-life and have the classroom overcrowded with black bunnies, yellow bunnies and ME bunnies. |
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Post by rubl on Feb 18, 2017 20:59:21 GMT 7
I notice they put a darkie in there, maybe for the usual equality reasons, weren't any in my book. Yes I noticed there were five vanilla and one chocolate bunny in the classroom. Surprised they didn't make it more true-to-life and have the classroom overcrowded with black bunnies, yellow bunnies and ME bunnies. Never wondered that much about Nijntje, but you should remember that the first book came out in the fifties previous century around the time I was born near Arnhem. First (slightly) coloured schoolmate I had was in first year secondary school (at 11). Mind you, in the 'big' cities like Amsterdam they did have more colour, from Surinam amongst others. Of course, for many years I knew about the darker colours. After all the Netherlands is famous for it's 'zwarte piet' (aka black peter)  |
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Post by rubl on Feb 18, 2017 21:04:23 GMT 7
I've long wondered (but not wondered enough to find the answer) why the character has a Welsh name, Miffy being a form of Myfanwy. Anyone known? The Dutch name is rather simple and pragmatic. 'Nijntje' is a diminutive form of 'konijn' (English: rabbit). The hard 'k' is more difficult for children to pronounce. Also it's like having 'little John' called 'Johnny'. |
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Post by rubl on Feb 18, 2017 21:50:21 GMT 7
Just reading a bit more, about nijntje that is The Dutch wiki page says "in most countries the name nijntje is unpronouncable and changed to Miffy. Now more-or-less standardized to Miffy other names have been used in the past "Over de belevenissen van nijntje zijn dertig boeken verschenen. Ze zijn in meer dan vijftig talen vertaald, met vooral hoge oplagen in Japan. In latere jaren werd voor nijntje altijd de naam Miffy, Miffi of Mifi gebruikt, maar er zijn in het verleden ook andere namen gebruikt in bijvoorbeeld het Frans (Mouffe, Petit Lapin), Duits (Nientje, Ninchen), Fins (Milla), Zweeds (Lilla Kanin), Afrikaans (Kleintjie, Katryntjie), Tswana (Kleintjie), Sotho (Monyenyane, Mosetsanyana), Tsonga (Ntsongwana), Siswati (Potjana), Venda (Tshituku), Xhosa (Umifi), Papiaments (Nènchi), Arabisch (Naynti), Japans (Usako-chan), Chinees (Mi fei), Turks (Lâle) en Portugees (Coelhinho). De vertaalde uitgaven in Nederland (Fries en Turks) noemen haar gewoon nijntje." |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 21:52:07 GMT 7
^^^ Can you put up a quick youtube vid on the pronounciation of nijntje?
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Post by rubl on Feb 18, 2017 21:57:55 GMT 7
THe clip posted before but now in Dutch. The name is said many times, just listen carefully |
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