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TIL I learned a new reason the old furry¹ comic book Shanda the Panda (2007-2011) about the manager of a small multiplex theater might not have seemed instantly an appealing title to pick up.
Shanda is a Yiddish word meaning a disgrace. Oops.
Shanda, being an American of Chinese descent might have also been slow to learn that.
Otherwise, stellar naming sense for that title (if we neglect the potential for in-universe schoolyard taunts).
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¹ It is "furry" and not "funny animal," right? Taxonomy when I am far from the subjects I researched in college can be a minefield — as anyone who has experience linguistic drift will know. I was born when "computer" was a job title.