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:: That capital letter makes all the difference, though. Is Krampus "a regular grinch", as one might say "a regular grump", or is Krampus "a regular Grinch" as one might say "a regular Scrooge"? If the former, then yes, the split makes sense, but otherwise, it's kind of a wash. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:55, 5 May 2021 (UTC) | :: That capital letter makes all the difference, though. Is Krampus "a regular grinch", as one might say "a regular grump", or is Krampus "a regular Grinch" as one might say "a regular Scrooge"? If the former, then yes, the split makes sense, but otherwise, it's kind of a wash. [[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 21:55, 5 May 2021 (UTC) | ||
::: It's quoted in the article with a capital letter but I do not own this comic to check. [[User:Bongolium500|Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500)]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC) | ::: It's quoted in the article with a capital letter but I do not own this comic to check. [[User:Bongolium500|Bongo50 (aka Bongolium500)]] [[User talk:Bongolium500|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 07:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC) | ||
::: If you don't mind me bumping this discussion a whole 16 months late, to make a case for ''not'' splitting this page, I'd like to share this excerpt from Wikipedia's page on the character: | |||
{{quote|The grumpy, anti-holiday spirit of the character '''has led to the everyday term "Grinch"''' coming to refer to a person opposed to Christmas time celebrations or to someone with a coarse, greedy attitude.|{{w|Grinch|''Grinch'', Wikipedia}} | |||
::: tl;dr version: Dr. Suess affectively coined the term with the character. And since Wikipedia itself doesn't seem to distinguish between the character and the term… [[User:WaltK|WaltK]] [[User talk:WaltK|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 20:03, 5 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
