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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I don't know how you missed it, then. People call him Xi Jinping all the time.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 14 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh (also known as Edward Bear, Pooh Bear or simply Pooh)

Ed...ward?

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago
[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

This is addressed in the first chapter of the book. His formal name is Edward Bear, but Christopher Robin calls him Winnie-the-Pooh without explanation, and the narrator improvises a backstory that justifies the nickname “Pooh.”

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He was living under the name of Mr. Sanders.