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One of my favorites is that the creator of Pilates was a guy named Joe Pilates. It’s like if the inventor of yoga was named Vivek Yoga (which is not the case, t
by aaronbrethorst 3y ago
One of my favorites is that the creator of Pilates was a guy named Joe Pilates. It’s like if the inventor of yoga was named Vivek Yoga (which is not the case, to be clear.)
- CGamesPlay 3y agoAlthough Bikram Yoga is named after this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Choudhury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Choudhury
- aaronbrethorst 3y agoIt would've been so on brand for Bikram to change his last name to "Yoga." I'm honestly disappointed he didn't.
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- netsharc 3y agoI think I was an adult when I heard the term Pilates.. why would it be intriguing, if his name were Brethorst people would be saying "Let's do you Brethorst exercises!"
- aaronbrethorst 3y agoWords are weird
- bandrami 3y agoWhereas the founder of the male dance review Chippendales was named Suman (pronounced "Show-man") Bannerjee
- bandrami 3y agoWhile we're at it, both of the S'es in "Einstein-Bose" should be pronounced "sh", so the particle class should be pronounced "Boshons".
- whycome 3y agoAnd not Pontius https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate
- aaronbrethorst 3y agoI would love to open a Pilates studio near Amazon's Seattle headquarters on Pontius Ave. I'd call it Pontius Pilates, of course. https://www.writesofway.org/pontius-avenue-n/ https://www.writesofway.org/pontius-avenue-n/