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The Original Language of Winnie-the-Pooh

Published: Oct. 18, 2013, 12:08 p.m.

b'The Original Language of Winnie-the-Pooh; by Aureliano Buend\\xeda; From Volume CXLVIII, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, March 1998 \\u2014 The text known in English as \\u201cWinnie-the-Pooh\\u201d occurs in dozens of different languages. Scholars have long debated the question of what was the original language of composition. One of the most popular hypotheses has been that the original text was written in English. The present paper will use textual evidence to demonstrate the impossibility of that hypothesis and to suggest a more likely candidate. (Read by Mark Brierley.)'