pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoIndiana Jones was named after the state Indiana, which was named after American Indians, which were named after India, which was named after the Indus River, which was named for the word for river...message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1255arrow-down1message-squareIndiana Jones was named after the state Indiana, which was named after American Indians, which were named after India, which was named after the Indus River, which was named for the word for river...pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareminibytelinkfedilinkarrow-up62·edit-214 hours agoIndiana Jones was named after the dog – George Lucas’s or the Jones’s depending on if you want to go canon or not.
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·13 hours agoThat means there’s yet another layer! Assuming the dog was named after the state.
minus-squareThe Giant Korean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·13 hours agoHis name has layers. Like an onion.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·13 hours agolike a parfait. who doesn’t like a parfait?
minus-squareBalthazar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·14 hours ago“The dog?! You were named after the dog?!”
Indiana Jones was named after the dog – George Lucas’s or the Jones’s depending on if you want to go canon or not.
That means there’s yet another layer! Assuming the dog was named after the state.
His name has layers. Like an onion.
like a parfait. who doesn’t like a parfait?
“The dog?! You were named after the dog?!”
Watsonian versus Doylist.