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== Pronunciation ==
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I have a 1950's record where the name is pronounced Bah-bar. What are the sources for the Buh-bar pronounciation? {{unsigned|Stereo}}
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== Nationality: African? ==


Is there a particular reason that his 'nationality' is listed as African? Is this from a detail in a book? [[User:PlatypusPlatypi|PlatypusPlatypi]] ([[User talk:PlatypusPlatypi|talk]]) 05:20, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Ba as in bat or Bar as in Bar?


:Since there's no reference and since African is not a nationality anyway, I boldly took it out. [[User:Dgndenver|Dgndenver]] ([[User talk:Dgndenver|talk]]) 15:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
I recently spoke to Professor James Bowen, a specialist in the pronunciation of French literary characters, who assured me that the correct pronunication is Bar as in Bar followed by Bar as in Bar. So Bar-Bar.

== Remake? ==
There is a new version in the works according to IMDB however I am unable to find any other information anywhere else.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0798694/

== Offensive ==

How can something be both "delightful" and "offensive" at the same time? {{unsigned|66.57.225.195}}

I mainly remember the Canadian animated series. Most of the colonialist aspects were removed from that and it was still a great story. As the original Babar stories were written in the 1930's they will of coarse contain colonial aspects. Remember that the culture of "empire" was still strong in England and France still owned most of its colonies. Although the land grab in Africa was long over there was still a perceived need to "tame" the wild continent. These are mostly just historic artifacts from the time that it was written. It is quite likely that similar criticisms will be applied to current works (such as Harry Potter and Family Guy) in eighty years. The same arguments go for other historic cultural icons such as [[Tintin]]. [[User:Klingoncowboy4|kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer]] 08:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

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Nationality: African?

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Is there a particular reason that his 'nationality' is listed as African? Is this from a detail in a book? PlatypusPlatypi (talk) 05:20, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Since there's no reference and since African is not a nationality anyway, I boldly took it out. Dgndenver (talk) 15:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]