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Word: grincheux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Snovit & the Seven Polyglots | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Snovit & the Seven Polyglots | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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