Donald vs Adolf - What's the difference?
donald | adolf |
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* 1816 , Old Mortality , Samuel H. Parker, 1836, page 232
* 1980 , The Glass House, a Novella and Stories , Viking Press, 1980, ISBN 0670341797, page 76:
* 1991 , Donald Duk , Coffee House Press, 1991, ISBN 0918273838, page 1
, a variant of Adolph, very rarely given to children after World War II, because of its association with Adolf Hitler.
As proper nouns the difference between donald and adolf
is that donald is while adolf is , a variant of adolph, very rarely given to children after world war ii, because of its association with adolf hitler.donald
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds , and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set things asteer again, - - -
- My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman. And I never called him Don or Donny or Donny Joe. I called him Donald from the first time we met.
- Donald' Duk never liked his name. He hates his name. He is not a duck. He is not a cartoon character. - - - "Only the Chinese are stupid enough to give a kid a stupid name like '''Donald''' Duk," ' Donald Duk says to himself.