Who's the Pete, for Pete's sake?

July 3, 2004 6:10 PM

"For Pete's sake!" Who's Pete?
posted by rorycberger to writing & language (10 comments total)

"Why Pete?  Most likely it is a reference to the catholic Saint Peter."

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Not exactly a precise answer, but that's about as far as I'm going to google it.
posted by bitpart at 6:24 PM on July 3, 2004

St. Peter
posted by FunkyHelix at 6:26 PM on July 3, 2004

See also: "For the love of Mike", presumably St. Michael.
posted by bonaldi at 7:11 PM on July 3, 2004

My namesake, for starters. Also see above.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 8:51 PM on July 3, 2004

And don't forget "Fercrisakes!"
posted by davidmsc at 10:41 PM on July 3, 2004

Me!
posted by geekhorde at 11:18 PM on July 3, 2004

And in a related question, what does the 'H' stand for in Jesus's middle name?
posted by salmacis at 10:03 AM on July 4, 2004

Holy? Or perhaps a mistranscription...?
posted by armage at 10:33 AM on July 4, 2004

"Haploid" is my favorite.
posted by wobh at 6:23 PM on July 4, 2004

Harold. As in, Harold be thy name.
posted by CunningLinguist at 6:59 PM on July 4, 2004