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Dr Seuss books were recently recalled and remade to be less racist and to remove insensitive imagery. Bernstein Bears books all got replaced by Berenstein Bears books, so it's clearly not impossible to do.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenstain_Bears

> Many people incorrectly remember the name of the series as the "Berenstein Bears". This confusion has generated multiple explanations of the memories, including an unannounced name change, time travel, or parallel universes, and has been described as an instance of the Mandela effect.[87][88][89][90] According to Mike Berenstain, confusion over the name has existed since his father's childhood, when a teacher told him there was no such name as "Berenstain" and the correct spelling was "Bernstein."[91] A few examples of the "Berenstein" spelling have been found in references to and knockoffs of official merchandise[92] and publications,[93] and cartoons for the series used an ambiguous pronunciation which may contribute to the false memory.[94]


I think they were pointing out the Beren vs Bern spelling not the Mendela effect a to e change.

Although to be completely honest I'm having a little Mendela effect moment myself right now because I thought it was "Bern" as well.




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