Winnie The Pooh

[thesshhh]

Why did AA Milne name his bear Winnie The Pooh? Pooh seems a bizarre choice

[tonyav]

Here you go.
http://time.com/4070681/winnie-the-pooh-history/

[Arksided]

At a guess he couldn't spell poop.

[Tilly2]

What does pooh mean? Why would you say that to a swan?

[Tilly2]

P.S. I love Winnie the Pooh. Pom, Pom.

[douglas9401]

I read somewhere that he considered dozens of names for the Peruvian immigrant but they were all pooh poohed.

[thesshhh]

Douglas, the Peruvian immigrant was Paddington bear, wasn’t it?

[Baldric]

thesshhh , are you thinking of your username,
'Poo'

[Mamyalynne]

I think Douglas is on the wrong platform.

[douglas9401]

Shot from the hip and hit my foot. :-)

[jno]

goodness, I didn't know about the sad fate of Roo, tonyav.

[Arksided]

What about Rupert...scary creation to exist ever!

[Mamyalynne]

Rupert was hugely popular in our house, especially with my eldest daughter.

He'll be 100 next year.

[Arksided]

he'll be off golfing again.

[Mamyalynne]

Probably Ark ;-)

[Arksided]

Xx :-)

[retrocop]

I always assumed it had a Masonic connotation as in the ‘grand Pooh bah of the Lodge’ changed to Pooh Bear.

[Mamyalynne]

I think Tigger was the most likely to be a Mason in that group.

[douglas9401]

Come and sit in the corner with me, retrocop, there's a spare cap. :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Poobah

[retrocop]

Lol . Mikado was not my favourite. :-)

[Arksided]

Nice one Douglas... it could well be. I never knew that though.