Message: "A not quite relevant question" - Behind the Name

[Facts] A not quite relevant question

by Ivayla (guest)

3/8/2002, 4:06 PM

in reply to a message by Mike C

Does anybody know how Carlo Collodi came up with the name Pinocchio? As far as I remember, Gepetto names the puppet Pinocchio because he once knew a family of Pinocchios and they were all very lucky. Does anybody know if Pinocchio is a real Italian name or if it comes from a certain Italian word? I know picchio is the Italian for woodpecker.
Just random thoughts triggered by Cinderella and the other Literature characters... :o)

Messages

classification help · Mike C · 3/7/2002, 3:18 AM

•Its all Greek to me · Pavlos · 3/10/2002, 9:36 AM

•Thanks Pavlos! n/t · Mike C · 3/11/2002, 2:44 PM

•A not quite relevant question · Ivayla · 3/8/2002, 4:06 PM

•Pinocchio · Nanaea · 3/8/2002, 5:32 PM

•Re: classification help · Natasa · 3/8/2002, 4:19 AM

•Thanks Natasa! n/t · Mike C · 3/8/2002, 12:59 AM

•Re: classification help · Ivayla · 3/8/2002, 1:31 AM

•Re: classification help · Mike C · 3/8/2002, 3:12 AM

•Re: classification help · Daividh · 3/7/2002, 10:26 PM

•Re: classification help · Mike C · 3/7/2002, 11:14 PM

•ENGLISH?!!! SASSENACH?!!! My Highland-born ggranny will rise from her grave in Arbroath (NOT an English town, thankee) and come after ye! Maybe she couldn't spell Gaelic names so well, but... Follow Merriment's suggestion for a "British" ca · Daividh · 3/8/2002, 6:28 PM

•Re: ENGLISH?!!! SASSENACH?!!! · Mike C · 3/8/2002, 7:22 PM

•Yes, please... · Daividh · 3/8/2002, 10:15 PM

•Re: Yes, please... · Mike C · 3/9/2002, 3:41 PM

•Cornish names · Merriment · 3/8/2002, 8:53 AM

•A specific question for you Merriment.... · Mike C · 3/8/2002, 1:03 PM

•Re: A specific question for you Merriment.... · Merriment · 3/8/2002, 3:17 PM

•Re: A specific question for you Merriment.... · Mike C · 3/9/2002, 3:45 PM

•Those spellings? rarely if at all, I'd say n/t · Merriment · 3/10/2002, 8:32 AM

•Category suggestion · Nanaea · 3/7/2002, 5:11 AM

•Re: Category suggestion · Mike C · 3/7/2002, 6:18 PM

•clarification · Mike C · 3/7/2002, 3:33 AM

•My small contribution · Shay · 3/8/2002, 9:39 AM

•A little more: · Shay · 3/8/2002, 10:48 AM

•Re: A little more: · Mike C · 3/8/2002, 12:54 AM

•just to make it clear · Shay · 3/8/2002, 1:58 PM

•Re: just to make it clear · Mike C · 3/8/2002, 2:40 PM

•A catagory that might be helpful is American Literature. · Tracie · 3/7/2002, 4:25 PM

•But then all the other entries in the Literature category would have to be divided into different nationalities....sounds tricky. n/t · Barb · 3/7/2002, 5:37 PM

•I agree. There should just be a single literature category for now. n/t · Mike C · 3/7/2002, 11:16 PM