winnie the pooh

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Hi,For those who have seen the animation called "Winne the pooh".I am just wondering why there is "winnie" before the "the pooh".Thanks in advance

Julielai · Accepted Answer

"Winnie the Pooh" is the name of the bear.

Victorycountry · Answer

Thanks for the reply, Julie.

As you said "Winnie the Pooh" is the name of the bear, what's surname and given name?

I am just wondering why there is the article "the" in the middle.

Thanks

Goldmund · Answer

Dear Victory County,

It is perhaps an epithet. You may say:

Frederick the Great

Richard the Lionheart

John the Baptist

I do not however know what a «Pooh» may be. It is perhaps a child's word.

Kind regards,

Goldmund

Mister Micawber · Answer

Sorry-- couldn't find much on the 'pooh' part:

During the first World War, troops from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) were being transported to eastern Canada, on their way to Europe, where they were to join the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. When the train stopped at White River, Ontario, a lieutenant called Harry Colebourn bought a small female black bear cub for $20 from a hunter who had killed its mother. He named her 'Winnipeg', after his hometown of Winnipeg, or 'Winnie' for short.
Winnie became the mascot of the Brigade and went to Britain with the unit. When the Brigade was posted to the battlefields of France, Colebourn, now a Captain, took Winnie to the London Zoo for a long loan. He formally presented the London Zoo with Winnie in December 1919 where he became a popular attraction and lived until 1934.

The bear was also very popular with Christopher Robin, son of author A.A. Milne. It was his favourite animal at the Zoo, and he often spent time inside the cage with it. The bear was Christopher Robin's inspiration for calling his own teddy bear Winnie.....Winnie the Pooh (this teddy bear started out with the name of Edward Bear). The name Pooh originally belonged to a swan, as can be seen in the introduction of Milne's 'When We Were Very Young'.

Victorycountry · Answer

Thanks, Goldmund and Mr.MM

Anonymous · Answer

Below are quotes from sites on the net ......with a reference to Pooh as a name of a swan toy that Christopher owned. & about how Winnie the Pooh got his name. I hope that is helpful for you - coco

....It is possible that Milne did not know how the zoo's Winnie got her name. But in his introduction to Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne described for us his link to the White River bruin:....
Christopher Robin once had a swan that he used to call Pooh. Well when Edward Bear said that he would like an exciting name all to himself, Christopher Robin said at once, without stopping to think, that he was Winnie-the-Pooh. And he was.

www.geocities.com/louanne_wendy/poohhist.html

The curious name of Winnie-the-Pooh came from Christopher Robin, from a combination of

the names of a real bear and a pet swan. During the 1920s there was a black bear

named "Winnie" in the London Zoo who had been the mascot for the Winnipeg regiment

of the Canadian army. "Pooh" was the name of a swan in ‘When We Were Very Young.’

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