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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 8:58:19 GMT
As for Count Duckula's first name, I can imagine it being something like Vlad, but it could even be a boring name (and you know Duckyboos...)
I also have the headcanon that Erich is Dr. Von Goosewing's first name; especially since Goosewing didn't correct "Aunt Gretchen".
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hly66
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Post by hly66 on Dec 21, 2014 12:03:46 GMT
As for Count Duckula's first name, I can imagine it being something like Vlad.... .... I also have the headcanon that Erich is Dr. Von Goosewing's first name; especially since Goosewing didn't correct "Aunt Gretchen". It would make sense since we are thinking of the real Dracula originally being Vlad The Impaler. Although in The Rest Is History, the original Duckula (before being bitten) didn't appear antagonistic like Vlad The Impaler but appeared more posh and innocent. Cosgrove Hall obviously changed up the story to make the Duckula and/or Dracula origin less gruesome for younger viewers. I think I recall Goosewing saying to 'Great Aunt Gretchen' "My name not being Erich." But true, he was obviously still playing the lying game in front of Soames and Potson and he was trying his hardest not to blow his cover (apart from Duckula and Igor knowing his plan).
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Post by mina on Dec 15, 2019 11:40:37 GMT
Oh yes, Duckula's first name ... in my story, Vladimir Duckula (the son) gave him a first name. "Fridolin" is a German name and means "the Peaceful".
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Post by mina on Mar 1, 2020 10:15:43 GMT
.could be Slavic or anything for round that part of Europe This entry is a little bit old. I would like to explain something anyway. Romanian is not a Slavic language. But "Romanesque". It is closely related to the Italian language. A language professor explained this to us, as did a Romanian woman. Romanian and Hungarian are two completely different languages. The problem here is that Transylvania was often a "tangle" between the two countries about which there was war again and again. So I want to explain that at the time of Vlad Draculea (correct spelling) the two countries were "allied", but it was not a friendship. Long story short, Romanian is a Romance language - not Slavic.
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Post by Gaston on Mar 22, 2021 14:07:46 GMT
As for Count Duckula's first name, I can imagine it being something like Vlad, but it could even be a boring name (and you know Duckyboos...) I also have the headcanon that Erich is Dr. Von Goosewing's first name; especially since Goosewing didn't correct "Aunt Gretchen". He says and I quote "Und my name is not being Erich!"
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mina
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Post by mina on Mar 23, 2021 7:08:30 GMT
Hi Gaston, or as Vladimir would say "Moin Gaston", I am glad that someone besides me gets in touch! And yes, it's true, Von Goosewing said that his name is not "Erich".
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Post by patoven on May 19, 2021 20:05:44 GMT
In the Duckula Marvel comics issue 15 Goosewing forename is stated to be "Otto".
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Post by mina on May 28, 2021 9:53:39 GMT
First name Otto - the owner The male first name Otto was originally a short form of all names that begin with Old High German "Ot", which can be translated as "possession" or "inheritance". Examples of such names are Otfried, Othello or Ottokar. The former short name, however, became independent in the early Middle Ages. From the end of the 19th century to the mid-1910s, it was one of the ten most popular boys' first names in Germany. However, its popularity declined afterwards, from the 1940s onwards very clearly, so that it has hardly been awarded since the 1950s. The first name Otto is also a linguistic peculiarity: It is a palindrome in the strict sense, which means that it can be read forwards as well as backwards. Well-known comedian Otto Waalkes www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzZHMreDwnY
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