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   Hi, Mike!  Recently you wrote in a message to ED VANCE:   
      
   EV>  A. A. Milne, the author of Winnie-the-Pooh, didn't invent the   
   EV>  bear's name. His son, Christopher Robin Milne, called his own   
   EV>  teddy bear Winnie after a visit to the London Zoo, where he   
   EV>  saw a bear named for Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada).   
      
   MP>  Slightly OT   
      
             No problem AFAIC.  In discussing language & literature... which is   
   what we do in this echo... it's generally regarded as a courtesy to tell the   
   reader how &/or where you obtained your information, as you did.   
      
             I am also happy to expand on the historical & sociological details   
   which pertain to the study of English if others are interested.   
      
      
   MP>  in 2017, I visited White River, Ontario, the town where Winnie   
   MP>  was found.  The bear was named after the hometown of the   
   MP>  Canadian cavalry Captain who adopted the orphan bear in 1914.   
   MP>  It became the mascot for their brigade while they were stationed   
   MP>  in England, and was left at the London Zoo when the Captian was   
   MP>  shipped off to France.   
      
             Okay... so the original owner was in military service, then had to   
   find another home for this critter when he got transferred.  :-)   
      
      
   MP>  Another fun fact is that, although the Milne character is a male   
   MP>  bear, the real-life Winnipeg was a female.   
      
             Thank you... I didn't realize that.  And although I had found some   
   details like the others you mentioned, I was unable to find them again.  :-Q   
      
      
      
      
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