Talk:Winnie-the-Pooh (book)

Repetition
I have taken the last sentence of the opening paragraph and rewritten it as a part of the section "Translations", thus eliminating repetitious material. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 11:33, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Chapter Titles
According to my copy the final chapter is entitled In Which Christopher Robin Gives a Pooh Party and We Say Goodbye - the page currently says "Pooh a Party". I lack sufficient privilege to fix this myself. :( Quboid42 (talk) 15:40, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Characters.
I know it sounds daft, but would it be possible for someone to add a table of the book’s major characters?

As someone who’s never actually read the book, and trying to research it from a quiz I’m writing, I think it would be helpful. Cuddy2977 (talk) 12:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Reception.
I find it strange that nothing is said about the immense success that "Pooh" had, the number of editions it ran into, etc., or indeed what it is like. Can some knowledgeable person add some of this? Seadowns (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Latin version
According to the New York Times it was not published until December 1960 and according to Hawes Publications it did not start appearing on the best sellers list until February 19, 1961. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.2.67.94 (talk) 19:31, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2021
The date that the book will be added to the public domain is 70 years after the author's death. He died in 1956, which means it would be 2026, not 2022. 47.38.225.168 (talk) 18:10, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I think the last paragraph of this section, which deals with the public domain status in the USA and the UK (which are different), is accurate. If not, please explain what change is needed, and why. Thanks.  Tony Holkham   (Talk)  22:20, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Since it's in semi-protected state, could someone go in and fix the references to Eyeore to Eeyore? Thanks. 170.142.177.245 (talk) 22:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 June 2022
Under Legacy/Passage into the public domain, append "The UK copyright will expire at the end of 2026, the 70th year since Milne's death." at the end of the section (source: wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh (uncited)). Relevant since A. A. Milne was English. GustavsGegeris (talk) 08:04, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Nevermind, I can now do that myself GustavsGegeris (talk) 08:49, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Kanga's "mistake"
The description of chapter 7 states that Kanga mistakes Piglet for Roo. Now it's been a while since I read this book but I still distinctly remember that Kanga only pretended to think Piglet is Roo, to get back at him for tricking her. TheBlackCaiman (talk) 12:20, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * @TheBlackCaiman True, corrected in article.  Draco phyllum  07:25, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Female name
"The titular character's new Polish name, Fredzia Phi-Phi, also drew criticism from readers who assumed Adamczyk-Garbowska had changed Pooh's gender by using a female name."

Funnily enough, in the English original it says:

"When I first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say, "But I thought he was a boy?" "So did I," said Christopher Robin. "Then you can't call him Winnie?"

So maybe the criticism wasn't justfied after all? Stephan Schneider (talk) 18:53, 14 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @Stephan Schneider From the Chicago Tribune citation: "Fredzia is the rarely used Polish female derivative of Alfred. Adamszcyk chose it to convey the absurdity that British readers probably felt in the 1920s when they heard of a boy bear named Winnie, which-in the days before Winston Churchill became so popular-usually was thought of only as a diminutive for Winifred."
 * and
 * "people assumed Adamczyk gave Pooh a sex change, too. She didn`t, but few people know that because relatively few people have read Fredzia Pih Pih. "
 * So, yes, the criticism wasn't really justified, the main issue people had with it was that she gave a new name for Winnie; seperate to the previous translation.  Draco phyllum  07:31, 20 June 2023 (UTC)