Poison Cliff

[M.J. Prior]

Hi y'all,

Kriton and Larry, Rob and Harry, thanks for responding to my questions. I 
have a further question regarding the word 'pizen': how is it pronounced? 
Like p-eye-zen, to rhyme with wizened?

I noticed there are at least three different Dutch translations of 'Pizen Bluff': 
In Barks' original 'Return to Pizen Bluff' it's Glitterklif (Glitter Cliff), 
in Don Rosa's 'Dreamtime Duck' (Lo$ 7) it's Stofdorp (Dust Village) and in 
Lo$ 6b it's Beulshart Klif (Hangman's Heart Cliff).

I thought 'pizen' might have something to do with gold-dust (because of 
'glitter' and 'dust'), but it hasn't. I think I like 'Glitterklif' best, because it 
sounds at least a bit English/American. 

Apparently the Dutch translators don't check their Barks-stories for earlier 
translations, altough they must know, especially when translating a Lo$-
story, that these stories are full of Barks-references. Well, maybe not.

"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; and as 
it isn't, it ain't.That's logic."
Pothole McDuck has at least four different Dutch names, including his 
supposed 'real Scottish name', in various combinations: Angus, Krent, 
Spuigat en Wedje. (I've seen K. 'W'., A. 'W'. and A. 'S'.) I'd prefer just Krent. 
(Krent: stingy person.)
Monsieur Mattressface has been translated to 'Geinponem' in the last issue 
of Dutch 'Beste Verhalen'. (Barks: The Philosophers' Stone) I don't know if 
this is the original Dutch translation or an new one (it features euro's) and 
'Geinponem' (joker) is a bit of an odd translation, but I like it because 
'ponem' (like 'porem') is slang for 'face'.
In Don Rosa's 'Crown of the Crusader Kings' Mattressface's nameplate on 
his desk was left empty in the Dutch translation, but his first name was 
kept unaltered. Therefore, Mattressface's full name in Dutch is now: 
Maurice Geinponem. HM! (frown)
Well, who cares about it anyway.
Michiel Prior.