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A not quite relevant question
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)
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PinocchioIn Italian, the word "pinocchio" means "pine-seed". I believe Gepetto names his little wooden boy that in the story because he carved him out of a piece of pine wood.-- Nanaea
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