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Copyright date

Nijntje was created in 1955, but Miffy was copyrighted in 1953? DirkvdM 08:16, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

English name

Article doesn't mention how Miffy was named. Did Dick Bruna choose that name for the english speaking audience? zorruno 20:07, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to this (Dutch) article, the name was chosen by Olive Jones, the original translator. http://www.nrc.nl/boeken/2013/08/28/nieuwe-engelse-nijntje-uitgever-komt-met-licht-gemoderniseerde-vertalingen/ 82.139.86.180 (talk) 10:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Miffy and New York!

Recently, New York's tourism board apparently named Miffy the official "family mascot" for the City of New York, owing to the city's origins as a Dutch colony.

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IPA Pronounciation

Can someone confirm the pronounciation of the Dutch name? I know a Dutch speaker who is convinced it's a tʃ sound instead of a c, which matches what I know about Dutch 124.182.104.145 (talk) 10:15, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[c] and [tʃ] are allophones so which one a speaker uses depends on word position and dialect. Dick Bruna pronounces it with a [c] I believe. 2001:610:120:3001:E514:26F1:9597:E114 (talk) 18:09, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

90s tv show

There was no information on the 90s tv show mentioned here, in fact the article implied that claymation show from 2003 was the first appearance of Miffy on tv. This is not the case, so I corrected it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.211.203.75 (talk) 05:36, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Capitalisation of "nijntje" in the article.

Hi. I just want to clarify with you something. Miffy's Dutch name, "nijntje", is almost never capitalised. Dick Bruna never even put her name on or in his books with a capital N: it was a shortened form of Konijntje (the diminutive of Rabbit, so "little rabbit"). If I may, I'll refer you to the text on capital letter usage from the equivalent article on the Dutch Wikipedia, nl:nijntje -

"Hoofdlettergebruik

In het oeuvre van Bruna worden consequent geen hoofdletters gebruikt, ook waar dat volgens de gangbare spellingsregels wel zou moeten. Namen in de nijntje-verhalen, inclusief de naam "nijntje" zelf, worden dus ook standaard met kleine letter geschreven."

"Capital letter usage

In Bruna's work, capital letters are consistently not used, even where this should be done according to normal spelling rules. Names in the nijntje stories, including the name "nijntje" itself, are therefore written with a small letter by default.

Is it permissible in the article to change references, like the one at the start, so that her name is properly spelled? Thanks! Dane|Geld 14:51, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Originating in the United States" Needs Clarification

In the section titled "Help in locating child sex offender," the following sentence appears, and conveys an inaccurate impression: " The police had been alerted following a December 2010 broadcast in the Netherlands on the television show Opsporing Verzocht ("Investigation Requested") of images originating from the United States[24] of Mikelson and an unnamed child with a stuffed toy known as Miffy." This sentence erroneously implies that the photos were taken in the United States. The photos were taken in the Netherlands (of the Dutch sex offender, Roberts Mikelson, by [most likely] another Dutch person, who would have been an accessory [unless a child took the photos]). It's unclear what "originating in the United States" means, here -- possibly that someone in the United States downloaded the photos and hosted them online? Is there evidence that the photos were only hosted on an American server? Otherwise, it's unclear why it's more relevant to mention the "United States" than it is to clarify that Roberts Mikelson was from the Netherlands and engaged in this activity in the Netherlands, and that the photos were taken in the Netherlands, most likely by another Netherlands national (or 'Dutch person,' if you prefer). Please clarify the verbiage in the sentence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.88.43.77 (talk) 20:42, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]