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 2 days ago
Why do you guys call him Waldo?
BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 2 days ago
9point6@lemmy.world 1 day 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?
BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 1 day 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
MTZ@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s not common, no. But Wally is an almost unheard of name here.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
He’s gonna build a Wally and make Mexico pay for it.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago
Be cause we switched around the do you put in Clue.