The translator chose an archaic and slightly garbled version of Nynorsk for the mountain-dwellers, and this was widely seen as an insult. In later editions, the language was altered (the most recent editions however restores the Nynorsk dialogue, as the translation has come to be regarded as a classic in its own right). Thus, through the Norwegian language struggle, the story got quite a lot of attention in Norwegian media. It was later proclaimed as the best Donald Duck comic of all time by the Norwegian readers. A scene from the Disney animated feature "Dumbo" where Dumbo blows square bubbles of alcohol-tinted water might have inspired the part of the story where Huey, Dewey, and Louie blow square bubbles of chewing gum. Don Rosa wrote and drew a sequel, "Return to Plain Awful", where Donald and his nephews returns the secluded civilization, this time bringing Scrooge McDuck with them. The Plain Awful's square egg is also featured in Don Rosa's "The Buckaroo of the Badlands", part three of his famous "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck". The story's legacy, coupled with Barks' own love for it, made it launch the first The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library volume.