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Why do they call him Donkey Kong if he isn't a donkey?
The story of how Shigeru Miyamoto came up with the name "Donkey Kong" varies.
A popular urban myth says that the name was originally meant to be "Monkey Kong", but was misspelled or misinterpreted due to a blurred fax or bad telephone connection.
Another story claims Miyamoto looked in a Japanese-English dictionary for something that would mean "stubborn gorilla," or that "Donkey" was meant to convey "silly" or "stubborn"; "Kong" was common Japanese slang for "gorilla".
A rival claim is that he worked with Nintendo's export manager to come up with the title, and that "Donkey" was meant to represent "stupid and goofy".
I personally believe that explanation #1 makes the most sense - the simplest answer. But that's not what the game's inventor has stated.
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