Original/Unique names
- Thread starter Kootenay
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LOL! Being hypothetical is one thing, but I do honestly wonder how and why people come up with these names. Still love it, though 
:rofl1: no kidding.
What is your dog's name?
Who
Your dog, what do you call it?
Who
YOUR DOG!!!
W. H. O = Who
Insert blank look here.
OH!!! :lol-sign: (except for one woman, she got really pissed at me
What is your dog's name?
Who
Your dog, what do you call it?
Who
YOUR DOG!!!
W. H. O = Who
Insert blank look here.
OH!!! :lol-sign: (except for one woman, she got really pissed at me
Oh, probably. And even if they don't, I think the name would make me pause and wonder (really, really wonder lol) but I'd probably still end up thinking "hey, cool!".
I honestly just thought it was cute, but I didn't even make the SeaWorld/whale connection initially. I saw a black/white dog and the word "moo" in the name, and just figured it was two syllables put together into a name. Probably different when you hear the name before you see it, though (that, and I'm slow on the uptake ).
Most think WTF when I say Shamoo but she came to us as Taboo and I hated it, I don't like it for any dog but especially a pit bull. She was obese and water obsessed so one day Denis called her Shamu, we blended it with Taboo and now with Shamoo.
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:rofl1: no kidding.
What is your dog's name?
Who
Your dog, what do you call it?
Who
YOUR DOG!!!
W. H. O = Who
Insert blank look here.
OH!!! :lol-sign: (except for one woman, she got really pissed at me
What is your dog's name?
Who
Your dog, what do you call it?
Who
YOUR DOG!!!
W. H. O = Who
Insert blank look here.
OH!!! :lol-sign: (except for one woman, she got really pissed at me
I'm super finicky about names. I prefer something a little different (mine doesn't have to be the only dog with that name, but I don't want a name everyone uses. And I have a really strong preference for a 2 syllable name that shortens easily to a single syllable. My first Stafford, Elmo, shortened easily to Mo, I really liked. Ditto with Pirate, shortens to Pi. So if I need to call in a hurry, I can, or if I want to draw it out trying to get their attention, I can.
Tess was my experiment with a single syllable name (also a fairly common name, though I don't know many Tesses personally.) I discovered that the single syllable doesn't work for me, because my dog winds up being called something completely different. Tess gets called "Roo", probably more often than I call her Tess; it's short for "Tessaroo".
Tess was my experiment with a single syllable name (also a fairly common name, though I don't know many Tesses personally.) I discovered that the single syllable doesn't work for me, because my dog winds up being called something completely different. Tess gets called "Roo", probably more often than I call her Tess; it's short for "Tessaroo".
I used to want very unique names for my dogs, but after coming up with a list, and not really liking a single one of them for my last dog, I kind of gave up. He ended up as Mitchell, which, as it turns out, seems to be a rather uncommon dog name, but most importantly it suited him to a T.
Some names I like for my next dog:
- Rook
- Astra
- Hex
- Dwight
- Packet
- Data
- Hyde
- Jive
- Gully/Gulliver
Some names I like for my next dog:
- Rook
- Astra
- Hex
- Dwight
- Packet
- Data
- Hyde
- Jive
- Gully/Gulliver
We named our dogs Jack and Suzie. My mom named Suzie, and we wanted to keep up our theme of human names for the dogs so we name the next dog Captain Jack. Which we, of course, shortened to Jack.
Our cat is named Sign though. 'Tis pretty unusual I suppose. We have to say, "Like a stop SIGN." for people to get it.
And my childhood dog was named Ngai. Never Gives An Inch. She was a tough little thing. And we pronounced it Na-Gie. Like Lie, but with a soft G.
Our cat is named Sign though. 'Tis pretty unusual I suppose. We have to say, "Like a stop SIGN." for people to get it.
And my childhood dog was named Ngai. Never Gives An Inch. She was a tough little thing. And we pronounced it Na-Gie. Like Lie, but with a soft G.