Talk:Miffy

Copyright date
Nijntje was created in 1955, but Miffy was copyrighted in 1953? DirkvdM 08:16, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

English name
Article doesn't mention how Miffy was named. Did Dick Bruna choose that name for the english speaking audience? zorruno 20:07, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

According to this (Dutch) article, the name was chosen by Olive Jones, the original translator. http://www.nrc.nl/boeken/2013/08/28/nieuwe-engelse-nijntje-uitgever-komt-met-licht-gemoderniseerde-vertalingen/  82.139.86.180 (talk) 10:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Miffy and New York!
Recently, New York's tourism board apparently named Miffy the official "family mascot" for the City of New York, owing to the city's origins as a Dutch colony.

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IPA Pronounciation
Can someone confirm the pronounciation of the Dutch name? I know a Dutch speaker who is convinced it's a tʃ sound instead of a c, which matches what I know about Dutch 124.182.104.145 (talk) 10:15, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

[c] and [tʃ] are allophones so which one a speaker uses depends on word position and dialect. Dick Bruna pronounces it with a [c] I believe. 2001:610:120:3001:E514:26F1:9597:E114 (talk) 18:09, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

90s tv show
There was no information on the 90s tv show mentioned here, in fact the article implied that claymation show from 2003 was the first appearance of Miffy on tv. This is not the case, so I corrected it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.203.75 (talk) 05:36, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

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Capitalisation of "nijntje" in the article.
Hi. I just want to clarify with you something. Miffy's Dutch name, "nijntje", is almost never capitalised. Dick Bruna never even put her name on or in his books with a capital N: it was a shortened form of Konijntje (the diminutive of Rabbit, so "little rabbit"). If I may, I'll refer you to the text on capital letter usage from the equivalent article on the Dutch Wikipedia, nl:nijntje -

"Hoofdlettergebruik

In het oeuvre van Bruna worden consequent geen hoofdletters gebruikt, ook waar dat volgens de gangbare spellingsregels wel zou moeten. Namen in de nijntje-verhalen, inclusief de naam "nijntje" zelf, worden dus ook standaard met kleine letter geschreven."

"Capital letter usage

''In Bruna's work, capital letters are consistently not used, even where this should be done according to normal spelling rules. Names in the nijntje stories, including the name "nijntje" itself, are therefore written with a small letter by default.''

Is it permissible in the article to change references, like the one at the start, so that her name is properly spelled? Thanks! Dane &#124; Geld 14:51, 4 September 2018 (UTC)