Is It Donner Or Donder
Donder or Donner? If you've ever had doubts about your memory of the reindeer traditionally listed in seventh place, you're not alone. When you list Santa Claus's famous reindeers, do you list the seventh one as Donder or Donner? I heard a friend recite a portion of the classic poem, A Visit From St. Nick the other day.
Moore's 1844 version of the poem is the one that became the standard and established 'Donder' and 'Blitzen' as the names of two of Santa' reindeer in the memories of generations of children. Donner is the correct spelling of the name of one of Santa's reindeer, derived from the Dutch word for thunder. Donder is an alternative spelling, but it is less common and less consistent with the other reindeer names.
Donner or Donder? A List of Santa's Reindeer and Their Origins ...
Reindeer name games: Is it Donder or Donner? Santa's reindeer will need to have embedded chips or ear tags and respond to their names, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There is less certainty about the change from Dunder to Donder and then to Donner.
Different spellings pop up at different times and places. One thing is for sure, it was put firmly in place as Donner when Rudolph was penned in a song in 1939. As a side note, all other six reindeer originally listed in the 1823 poem have stayed intact.".
Point Counter-Point Point Point: Donner or Donder?
And indeed, Donner is respected like no other reindeer at the North Pole. So Elf Victor advised Donder to change his name to something a little more princely than Don-Don. The proper name of Donder is a family name that evidently goes back generations.
The family reveres the name and doesn't wish it to be used disrespectfully. However, Moore's poem underwent changes over the years, and in the 1860s, the names of the last two reindeer were altered to "Donder" and "Blitzen," meaning "thunder" and "lightning" in Standard Dutch. "Donner" didn't start kicking around until the early 20th century, and it's derived from German instead of Dutch.
Donder or Donner? Did Santa Change the Name of a Reindeer?
Did Clement C. Moore write "Donder" or "Donner" for one of Santa's reindeer in his 1823 poem? The Washington Post claims to have found the definitive answer in a Library of Congress collection. Donder and Donner are the same reindeer! But Who Is Donder And Where Did He Come From? There is a poem by Clement Clarke Moore.
It is almost 200 years old. Do you know it? Here is a little bit that has a list of the reindeer names: "Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On Cupid! On, DONDER and Blitzen! To the top of. Donder? Writers and librarians have argued over the name for nearly two centuries, trying to decide whether Moore meant to name his seventh reindeer Donder or Donner.
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