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This reminds me of Life of Pi. The protagonist is a young man from India named Piscine (French for "swimming pool". I forget why he's called this, but I'm sure he does explain it). As a kid, he wa...

posted 5y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:42:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:06:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T13:06:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
This reminds me of _Life of Pi_.

The protagonist is a young man from India named Piscine (French for "swimming pool". I forget why he's called this, but I'm sure he does explain it). As a kid, he was bullied at school because his name sounds like "pissing", so he shortened his name to "Pi" and made it stick by reciting hundreds of digits of pi on a blackboard.

Logically, the characters in _Life of Pi_ (at least at that point in the book) would not be speaking English, just as those in your story would not be. But _Life of Pi_ just ignores this issue for the sake of telling a good story. You should too.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-10-07T10:48:06Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 2