Message: "Re: Caillou" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Re: Caillou

by morfydd

9/15/2006, 6:21 AM

I failed to make the obvious point that Pierre, the French equivalent of Peter (and this was a French language series, I believe) is also the common and garden word for stone. If this character was seen as a small version of Pierre, then Caillou (pebble) would be a predictable nickname.

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Caillou · LMS · 9/13/2006, 3:31 PM

•Re: Caillou · morfydd · 9/15/2006, 6:21 AM

•Re: Caillou · Claire · 9/13/2006, 3:36 PM

•Re: Caillou · Anneza · 9/13/2006, 10:50 PM

•Actually, "Pebbles" would be a closer translation ;) nt · Pavlos · 9/14/2006, 5:00 AM

•Re: Actually, "Pebbles" would be a closer translation ;) nt · Anneza · 9/14/2006, 10:31 PM

•Names that gather no moss ;) nt · Pavlos · 9/15/2006, 2:25 AM

•*LOL* /nt · Lillian · 9/16/2006, 1:26 AM

•Re: Actually, "Pebbles" would be a closer translation ;) nt · morfydd · 9/14/2006, 7:38 AM

•Lol nt · Chrisell · 9/13/2006, 11:15 PM

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