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    The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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    The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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      Now everything make sense. In spanish, “Peter” is “Pedro”, that sounds like “Piedra”, that means “Rock”

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        omg, in french Peter is translated to Pierre which also means “rock”! i always assumed that was a coincidence

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        See also ‘petrify’ (make into rock) and ‘petroleum’ (rock fat)

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          The female for “Pedro” is “Petra”, what make it more obvious, and also “Petronila” is a woman name, that comes from “Petroleum”

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            I’d be fucking mad if my parents named me after petroleum

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              “The name’s Diesel now”

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              Late XX century in Mexico, were pretty common name your child based in their born date. So, there are so much woman called “Petronila” because were born in March 18th

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                I take it back, that’s a cool tradition

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