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9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• BleatingZombie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Because that’s what the books are called here. I assume you call him Wally for a very similar reason

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I guess I was more wondering why do the name change at all

    But I’ve gone and looked it up now and apparently Wally is a less common name over there, so they changed it up to something more familiar.

    Which now begs the question: is Waldo a common name over there?

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    • BleatingZombie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I apologize. I keep reading comments like “why did you all vote for him”, so I’m quickly becoming jaded to comments at all Americans

      But to answer your question, I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone with either of those names. It’s a very old game, so Waldo might have been more popular of a name here a few decades ago

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    • MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s not common, no. But Wally is an almost unheard of name here.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    He’s gonna build a Wally and make Mexico pay for it.

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• RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Be cause we switched around the do you put in Clue.

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