Word: grincheux
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...fact, Disney was particularly fond of France. In 1918, when he was 17, Disney lived in Paris while working as a Red Cross ambulance driver. His cartoon creations were a hit in France from the beginning. Generations of French children have grown up with Mickey, Grincheux (Grumpy), Simplet (Dopey) and the other Disney characters, and French tourists by the thousands visit the American Disney parks in California and Florida every year. While anti- Americanism has swelled up in other areas of French life, no one ever seemed to have anything against Mickey Mouse...
Last week the French version, Blanche Neige et Les SeptNains, was released in Manhattan. In French, Snow White's friends are called Grincheux (Grumpy), Simplet (Dopey), Prof (Doc), Joyeux (Happy), Timide (Bashful), Atchoum (Sneezy) and Dormeur (Sleepy). When the little men perform their reluctant ablutions at Snow White's housewifely behest, the words "BLUDDLE UM DUM" are dubbed in-which is eloquent soapiness in any language...
Instead of snorting: "Slush!" Grumpy (Grincheux) sniffs: "Que c'est moche!" Hit tunes: Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, Pour chasser les ennuis (Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, To Make Our Troubles Go), Sifflez en travaillant (Whistle While You Work...
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