Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-87.57.68.144-20150812100500

It has been on my mind quite a lot and after rereading the story once again I really cannot let it go.

Why are the Clowns named Piero after Pierrot? I can understand they want the last laugh and everything is for their own sake of having fun, but that is very far away from Pierrot and much closer to Harlequin. In general I would say everything about them is Harlequin.

Pierrot comes from the name Pierre and -ot, not because the word actually means clown, as Pierrot is a 'le clown blanc', and he is really far from everything the clowns stand for.

Think it is a hidden meaning, or just a mistake?  