Two days ago I bought Chickpea a Looney Tunes VCD for about $2.  It’s entirely in the language spoken here, so I thought it would kill two birds with one stone – cheap entertainment for her, language lesson for the entire family.

Except I forgot that Elmer Fudd can’t say his Rs, Daffy Duck has a lisp, Tweety Bird has problems with the TH sound, Sylvester likewise can’t say his S-es, Porky Pig stutters, and with the exception of Foghorn Leghorn, who – let’s be honest – sounds like he’s from Arkansas, and Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner – who don’t speak at all, every character hails from the Bronx.

Not sure if these speech impediments translate over into the local language, but I can’t really be sure.  Oh well.  We covered the cheap entertainment requirement.

posted: 08 May 15
under: culture