in which Pooh sounds like an exploitative senior academic colleague

“We will call this Pooh Corner.  And we will build an Eeyore House with stick at Pooh Corner for Eeyore.”

“There was a heap of sticks on the other side of the wood,” said Piglet.  “I saw them.  Lots and lots.  All piled up.”

“Thank you, Piglet,” said Pooh.  “What you have just said will be a Great Help to us, and because of it I could call this place Poohanpiglet Corner if Pooh Corner didn’t sound better, which it does, being smaller and more like a corner.  Come along.”

from AA Milne’s The House At Pooh Corner, p10-11

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