Whiny the Pooh Voice.

Was having a discussion with my gf the other night on why in the world is Winnie the Pooh called Pooh? As every inquisitive mind of the 21st century knows, you just have to wikipaedia it. To our astonishment, Winnie is not even the bear's name. Its Edward. I sincerely hope you didnt know that.
Also, why he (I took a long time to reconcile with this fact when i was young) is called "Pooh" is actually revealed in the first ever book of the Bear's appearance, which was in 1926.
The history goes "Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a toy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin...Christopher Milne had named his toy after Winnipeg, a bear which he and his father often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh," a swan they had met while on holiday. The bear, called "Winnie," was known as a gentle bear who never attacked anyone, and she was much loved for her playfulness. This is exactly what inspired Milne to write about Pooh Bear. Pooh the swan appears as a character in its own right in When We Were Very Young.

In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne offers this explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply 'Pooh' : "But his arms were so stiff ... they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think - but I am not sure - that that is why he is always called Pooh."

Are you confused already? Before that they claim the bear is called Edward 'Winnie-the-Pooh' Bear. I guess they just had too many favourite names and decided to lump it all into one character. Never really understood why all the characters in the show were so dysfunctional but also un-interesting. Although i know tonnes of girls liked them. I bet you might not also know this -- "Pooh's obsession with honey is based on a completely false premise about bear behavior. While bears are major predators of beehives, they are seeking the brood (larva and pupa). "