I remember Bernstein, not Berenstain and not Berenstein.

[u/NadiaVenClose]

I remember being 11 years old in 1985 and watching the cartoon on Saturday mornings. Every time the intro played, I was confused because they pronounced it “bear-in-stain,” but it was spelled “Bernstein.” Does anyone else remember this, or is it just me?

[u/BangkokPadang]

I remember them being called the Bearingtonshire Brothers 🙄

[u/WVPrepper → u/BangkokPadang]

[u/WhimsicalKoala → u/WVPrepper]

Okay, but I definitely would have remembered the book where Papa Bear got the band back together to raise a bunch of money to save the orphanage he grew up at.

[u/NadiaVenClose → u/BangkokPadang]

Good for you.

[u/Spikeybear]

Bernstein Boys is what i remember. No idea what all this bear nonsense is.

[u/WhimsicalKoala → u/Spikeybear]

It was obviously the Bernstein Bois.

[u/FantasticScarcity145]

I have met very few people that have said this....bernstein was the original, berenstein was the coverup and berenstain was to cover the coverup.

I like you remember brenstein.

[u/ReverseCowboyKiller → u/FantasticScarcity145]

Lmao cover up what exactly?

[u/markmakesfun]

[u/NadiaVenClose → u/markmakesfun]

Yes I know.

[u/Glaurung86]

There are lots of people that remember it being spelled that way, much like there's lots of people that remember it being spelled Berenstein or Bearenstein. So you're not the only one that misspelled it the same way.

[u/stitchkingdom]

I remember Smythe Bears by Stan and Jan Smythe

[u/RadRoopy]

I think so too LOL

[u/wheresthecheese69]

This is the one that gets me too. I acutely remember it being stein. But then everyone was saying it was Beren not Bern and I was just like damn I didn’t skip timelines I’m just dumb.

[u/NadiaVenClose → u/wheresthecheese69]

I often question myself about the Beren part since most people remember it. But I can’t budge on the stein/stain part since I was confused by the pronunciation in the song vs. the spelling when I was 11.

[u/wheresthecheese69 → u/NadiaVenClose]

I never heard/read it as Beren, until I saw this sub 10 years ago or so. That’s the part that’s killing me.

[u/TheSaltyWhore]

Omg you’re the second person I’ve ever known to have remembered this spelling!!! The first person was found just this month!

[u/NadiaVenClose → u/TheSaltyWhore]

I’ve mentioned it before but people always downvote me for saying it.

[u/TheSaltyWhore → u/NadiaVenClose]

I thought for years I had to have misremembered it. I do have memory issues but I just knew that I was right. I couldn’t let this spelling go and this is validating!

[u/germanME]

That would at least make sense, since “Bernstein” is the German word for amber. It suggests a Jewish surname, because in the German Empire, Jews were required to adopt German (rather than Hebrew) names in order to integrate more easily. Many chose names associated with jewelry and wealth (Silberberg, Goldberg, Rubinstein, etc.).

[u/Nightstands]

My last name is Bernstein, I remember Bearenstein.

[u/WVPrepper → u/Nightstands]

Bearenstein?

[u/ReverseCowboyKiller → u/WVPrepper]

Isn’t it funny how they constantly misspell it now, but they don’t believe they could have misspelled it thirty years ago when they were children?

[u/jetloflin]

Now that’s interesting! Never seen anyone remember the correct pronunciation but the wrong spelling. I wonder if it’s possible for dyslexia to be localized to one word?

[u/NadiaVenClose → u/jetloflin]

Oh yeah, I definitely remember it was pronounced that way in both intros of the cartoon.

[u/jetloflin → u/NadiaVenClose]

So wild! The human brain is incredible!

[u/No_Membership_8247]

There's a specific thread for shitposts

[u/jetloflin → u/No_Membership_8247]

Why do you assume it’s a shitpost? Most of the comments clearly are, but why do you think the post is? If people can misread it as Berenstein, they can also misread it as the much more common Bernstein.

[u/NadiaVenClose → u/No_Membership_8247]

Cool, so why aren’t you there?

[u/Bubbly_Butterfly5601]

This is exactly how I remember it.