Bornworthy, Donald's dog.

[Shad Z.]

From: Halsten Aastebol <Halsten.Aastebol at elkraft.ntnu.no>
>
> 
> At 01:19 17.08.2005 -0300, Fabio Blanco wrote:
> 
> > But is strange that they (Donald and the nephews) have a dog in 
> > some stories and not in others.
> >
> > If Don Rosa use or will use, I hope he uses the later name of 
> > Bolivar. I liked most, everybody can guess why.
> 
> Later name Bolivar?
> You mean his original name Bolivar.
> If I'm not mistaken, Barks had to change the name from Bolivar to 
> Bornworthy because the publisher was afraid the use of the name 
> Bolivar on a dog could offend readers in Latin America.

The story I heard was that the name actually had offended some Latin Americans...

Does anyone know the truth?

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