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The bear family’s name
A much-loved series of children’s books about a family of bears. Ask people how the family name is spelled and most will say it ends in “-stein”, like Frankenstein.
Every printed copy anyone has found ends in “-stain”. Which do you remember?
Analysis
Divergence index
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Divergence is the share of people who remember the version the record doesn’t show.
Timeline ABerenstein“-stine”, like Frankenstein
Timeline BBerenstain“-stain”, like a coffee stain
Memories 3
Tagged with the version each person remembers-
I remember sounding out the ‘stein’ in kindergarten. I’d bet money on it.
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Always ‘stain’ for me. I thought this was a joke the first time I heard it.
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Evidence & explanations 1
By votes“-stein” is a far more common surname ending in English, so memory quietly “corrects” the rarer spelling.