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Bahareh M Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

Gradunza

Hi forum members,

What does "gradunza" and actually "family gradunza" mean?

I found no related photo to "moss- covered three-handled family gradunza" in The Cat in the Hat cartoon and film (though I didn't watch them completely).

I found the definition "A piece of furniture that you use to place astray objects (such as keys, cell phones, and papers) on and store handbags underneath that was past down to you from your father." in urbandictionary.com, but it still can't help me to imagine the object.

I would be thankful of any help.

  

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As far as I know or can tell, it is not a "real" English word. com/en/definition/credenza ), or a deliberately mangled spelling/pronunciation of "credenza". However, many hits for the spelling "gradunza" seem to be user-generated and possibly user-guessed.

— GPY

  • As far as I know or can tell, it is not a "real" English word.
  • com/en/definition/credenza ), or a deliberately mangled spelling/pronunciation of "credenza".
  • However, many hits for the spelling "gradunza" seem to be user-generated and possibly user-guessed.
  • Is there a good authority that this is the "correct" spelling of the word sung in the song?
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As far as I know or can tell, it is not a "real" English word. It may be a nonsense word intended to suggest "credenza" (https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/credenza), or a deliberately mangled spelling/pronunciation of "credenza". However, many hits for the spelling "gradunza"

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Bahareh MWhat does "gradunza" and actually "family gradunza" mean?

There is no such word. It appears in the TV rendition of Theodore Geisel's incomparable little book The Cat in the Hat. The non-word does not appear in the book, and we never see what it is in the TV program.

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That’s because “gradunza” is not actually a word. The word is “credenza”. Someone who listened to a video tried to spell it phonetically, but failed. If you Google “credenza” you’ll find lots of images.

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