COMPLETE [DR] The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle - tg

Post by **mightyfelix** » September 6th, 2018, 11:07 am

Thanks, Beth. Narration for section 4 is also PL ok.

Larry, let us know when you upload section 2 again.

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 10th, 2018, 3:33 pm

Bumpo, Section 12:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_12_128kb.mp3

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 14th, 2018, 6:33 pm

Bumpo, Section 9:

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_09_128kb.mp3

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » September 14th, 2018, 7:47 pm

Thanks, I hope to get to those Bumpo files tonight!

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 14th, 2018, 7:51 pm

Elizabby wrote: ↑September 14th, 2018, 7:47 pm Thanks, I hope to get to those Bumpo files tonight!

You're welcome! Here's another one:

Bumpo, Section 10:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_10_128kb.mp3

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » September 15th, 2018, 4:33 am

benderca wrote: ↑September 10th, 2018, 3:33 pm Bumpo, Section 12:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_12_128kb.mp3

Section 12 has one misread word "inhospitability" - this is one of Bumpo's made up words.

Sections 9 and 10 are PL OK!

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 15th, 2018, 7:33 am

Elizabby wrote: ↑September 15th, 2018, 4:33 am
benderca wrote: ↑September 10th, 2018, 3:33 pm Bumpo, Section 12:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_12_128kb.mp3
Section 12 has one misread word "inhospitability" - this is one of Bumpo's made up words.

Sections 9 and 10 are PL OK!

Thanks! I’ll repair it (or rather disrepair it

).

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 15th, 2018, 2:49 pm

Bumpo, Section 8:

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_08_128kb.mp3

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 15th, 2018, 3:02 pm

And here's the repaired version of Bumpo, Section 12:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_12_128kb.mp3

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 15th, 2018, 3:55 pm

And Bumpo's final section, Section 13:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/voyagesdrdolittle_bumpo_13_128kb.mp3

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » September 15th, 2018, 4:01 pm

Great! I'll get to these tonight! Mr crochet project is going really well with all this PLing!

Post by **mightyfelix** » September 15th, 2018, 4:21 pm

Thank you both! I've been a little more hands-off of this project for the last little while than I'd like to be, so I really appreciate it. It's been a little busy lately.

Post by **mightyfelix** » September 15th, 2018, 9:09 pm

Elizabby wrote: ↑September 15th, 2018, 4:33 am Section 12 has one misread word "inhospitability" - this is one of Bumpo's made up words.

Thank you for catching that! I'd hate to lose any of Bumpo's failed attempts at proper English. They're just too funny!

Elizabby · Post by **Elizabby** » September 17th, 2018, 5:40 pm

Bumpo Sections 8, 12 and 13 are all PL OK! Prince Bumpo is all done!

He's been so funny! PLing for this project has really been an "opportunity not to be sneezed upon"!

benderca · Post by **benderca** » September 18th, 2018, 3:55 am

Elizabby wrote: ↑September 17th, 2018, 5:40 pm Bumpo Sections 8, 12 and 13 are all PL OK! Prince Bumpo is all done! He's been so funny! PLing for this project has really been an "opportunity not to be sneezed upon"!

Ha ha ha! It was fun doing Bumpo -- he really is funny. I hope I don't offend anyone with my attempted generic east African dialect.

I read that in newer versions of the book, Christopher Lofting, the son of Hugh Lofting, decided to make changes to remove potentially offensive (racist and ethnicist) connotations (but surprisingly the reference to cannibalism was not removed). He decided to make the changes because of his "strong belief that the author himself would have immediately approved of making the alterations. Hugh Lofting would have been appalled at the suggestion that any part of his work could give offense and would have been the first to have made the changes himself. In any case, the alterations are minor enough not to interfere with the style and spirit of the original."

Here is an interesting article elaborating on the changes:

https://blog.plover.com/book/Dolittle.html

But it is also good to read/listen to the original to see and learn how people felt and thought back in the day...