This is fascinating. I remember Berenstein myself, probably owing to the fact that that's how we pronounced it ("steen") and when I first encountered them, I co

This is fascinating. I remember Berenstein myself, probably owing to the fact that that's how we pronounced it ("steen") and when I first encountered them, I couldn't read. I'm going to ask some people tonight out at the bars to write the word and see if they'll put money on their spelling, which will likely be wrong if we're any indication (don't worry, I won't take it).