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15 Apr 01 - 06:15 PM (#441310) Subject: Think of a name!!!!' From: gaelicconquest Hi Mudcatters,I need your help for a competition that I am in.I need to come up with a good name for a house! Any ideas? |
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15 Apr 01 - 06:16 PM (#441311) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Amergin Well, what sort of a house is it? |
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15 Apr 01 - 06:18 PM (#441312) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: wysiwyg Mudcat! ~S~ |
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15 Apr 01 - 06:21 PM (#441314) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Morticia Eric |
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15 Apr 01 - 06:34 PM (#441320) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Bill D I had a house once named "Withering Heights" it needed some work. |
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15 Apr 01 - 06:35 PM (#441321) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: gaelicconquest It is an ordinary 4 bed town house! |
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15 Apr 01 - 06:38 PM (#441323) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Tedham Porterhouse Tedham Porter(house) |
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15 Apr 01 - 06:48 PM (#441331) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Liz the Squeak We wanted to call ours the house of green ginger wine... but it wouldn't fit on the moulded brick in the bay window..... Y Castell Ddraig is the next best thing, the Dragon's castle..... but don't trust my spelling.... LTS |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:00 PM (#441340) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: JedMarum My grew up in a home called, "Lilac Acres" - a beautiful old rambling house on 6 acres in Southboro, MA. Great name for a house, but don't suspect that'd be appropriate for your use. Still, maybe something along those lines??? |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:03 PM (#441341) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: catspaw49 Buford Spaw |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:09 PM (#441344) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Matt_R This Damn House. |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:12 PM (#441345) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: sophocleese Margaret? Lark's Lair? Tintagel? Esther's House of Curious and Fantastic Delights? |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:19 PM (#441350) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: catspaw49 Hortense Spaw |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:19 PM (#441351) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Amergin Ok, then, I think Nathan Tompkins would fit that house perfectly then.... |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:43 PM (#441361) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: catspaw49 Passing Wind Spaw |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:46 PM (#441365) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Philibuster House Of The Rising Sun. |
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15 Apr 01 - 07:52 PM (#441367) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Jon Freeman Ty Dref Jon |
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15 Apr 01 - 08:10 PM (#441381) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: catspaw49 High Colonic Spaw |
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15 Apr 01 - 08:23 PM (#441390) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Giac Bubba Bowser Old Paint Stoned Hinges |
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15 Apr 01 - 08:42 PM (#441406) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Sorcha Abandon Hope "(insert name)"s Hash and Halfway House
My wine label is "Abandon Hope", my house name is "Mother Mary's Hash and Half Way House".....interpret Hash however you like! I also like "Sinking Slowly" |
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15 Apr 01 - 08:50 PM (#441410) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Justa Picker Sorch, you're malarious! :-) |
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15 Apr 01 - 09:09 PM (#441418) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Sorcha MOI?? MOI?? Malarious?? Mon, I'm serious here!! "Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here"....Milton, the sign above the gates of Hell.....
"Hash and Crash" (board and bed) provided for all who need it, and have abandoned hope.........we always have one extra per nite, sometimes several more. Often, I don't know about the Several More........but I LOVE House Malarious......might just use that one! |
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15 Apr 01 - 10:31 PM (#441453) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: poor lonesome boy Dunn Roman (credit to Kurt Vonneget Jr... I think) |
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15 Apr 01 - 11:13 PM (#441466) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: CarolC Trespassers W? Under the name of Saunders? |
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15 Apr 01 - 11:16 PM (#441472) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Matt_R Mr.House. |
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15 Apr 01 - 11:25 PM (#441477) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: thosp or Mrs.House peace (Y) thosp |
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15 Apr 01 - 11:27 PM (#441479) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: katlaughing 4 beds in a square Townz Van Houz Conquest Won Gaelic Solace |
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15 Apr 01 - 11:49 PM (#441483) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Matt_R Funky Pad |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:01 AM (#441489) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Bert Madhouse Mudhouse Casper House home.html /usr/home Tell us more about it. What kind of house? |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:08 AM (#441493) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Matt_R www.getthehelloffamylawn.com |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:23 AM (#441499) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Ebbie The Manor Borne on my Back |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:42 AM (#441506) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Lyrical Lady Wathla...Culzean .... both Scottish ... don't know what they mean. RandomRose....Callitwatchawanna..... El Rancho Nogotto ...Hardscrabble ....Windover.......Helluva House ..... Glen Echo ... |
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16 Apr 01 - 04:56 AM (#441543) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie Dun Roamin, Dun Time, Dun Murder, Esuoh Etihs, Merdeville, Poison Ivy, Curare Lodge, Richville, Poorville, Brokeville, The Oprah House, The Lair, Ifreann(=Hell in Irish, Sp?), Transylvenia Lodge, Amytyvilla, Batville,
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16 Apr 01 - 05:25 AM (#441545) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: sledge A bit of a gaff The money pit 8) |
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16 Apr 01 - 05:31 AM (#441546) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: okthen Chateaux Blotto cheers bill |
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16 Apr 01 - 05:51 AM (#441551) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Micca Or then there is Caisteal Liatach (the Grey Castle in Gaelic) or Dingly dell(or even Dangly dell) or Llaregub (Dylan Thomas ,Under Milk wood, for the full flavour read backwards) Sorcha my brother Frank called his home made Red wine "Franques Plonque" in asuitable baroque script on the label, and the white was called "Nickerlausener"... |
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16 Apr 01 - 06:11 AM (#441553) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie And of course, < |
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16 Apr 01 - 07:48 AM (#441564) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie The actual name "The Cuckoo's Nest" disappeared from my last post........... Something to do with the brackets methinks.... |
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16 Apr 01 - 10:53 AM (#441634) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: LR Mole Hardtime Kilnhouse? Dublin Down? Crisis Nice? Front Portulaca? DownInfront? |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:07 AM (#441643) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: mousethief What street is it on? What's the name of the neighborhood? What colour is it? What prominent geographical features are in the neighborhood? The only home I ever named was the apartment I moved into after my first wife and I separated. I called it "St. Ninian's" because that's the home of the character "Mousethief" (he's a church mouse) in the book in which he appears (Mossflower). ALex |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:12 AM (#441645) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST,Matt_R Winchester Mk.II |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:13 AM (#441646) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: mousethief Matt, are you sure that isn't a rifle? Alex |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:15 AM (#441647) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST The Pantsless platypus |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:19 AM (#441649) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: McGrath of Harlow "Number 92" - or whatever. Who needs a name?
Names on houses in towns never seem right to me. And if they just have names, and no numbers, they are a real pain to identify - you have to go right up to the door and get growled at by the family dog. Or in some cases shot at by the family psychopath, I gather. And it's never the right house anyway.
Live there awhile, and the number takes on a new meaning - there are some numbers that, if I close my eyes, I can still see the place years later.) |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:19 AM (#441650) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Bill D "Abandon Hope, all ye who enter here"....Milton, the sign above the gates of Hell..... ummmm...no, Sorcha...Dante!, The Inferno, Canto III, line 10....(it's posted on the door to my workshop) "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate. " |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:24 AM (#441654) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: gnu No Soliciting. |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:30 AM (#441660) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: MMario I dunno - names for houses seems okay to me, gives something to refer to. My parent's house was nameless for years - but has since become "The Bighouse" - My Grandmother's house was and is "By-a-brook" - My sister's property is "Bear Haven" |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:40 AM (#441672) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST,Matt_R Number 9 number 9 number 9 number 9 number 9 number 9 |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:55 AM (#441683) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Bernard How about 'Forum Home' - four (bed)room home!! |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:17 PM (#441698) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Firecat House of Fun (after the Madness song!! "Welcome to the House Of Fun...") |
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16 Apr 01 - 02:05 PM (#441821) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: ChaosCat I think it's nice to have a moniker for the place one dwells, sometimes silly, sometimes charming... we call my loft apartment "The Haven", and it seems to really have grown into it. How about Groove Palace? |
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16 Apr 01 - 02:50 PM (#441860) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST Ritz Carlton |
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17 Apr 01 - 01:53 PM (#442687) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Ruthie A This has nothing to do with housenames (sorry), just asking... mousethief!!! have you actually read all the Redwall books too? I discovered them when I was eight and have been addicted to them since. However much I interrogated friends/foes/random people in libraries, I couldn't find somebody else who'd read them and enjoyed them. Wow! My life's purpose is fulfilled now. ANYWAY, I think the house should be called Fluffy, for the simply reason that it most probably isn't. Ruthie |
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17 Apr 01 - 02:01 PM (#442694) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: mousethief Ruthie! Actually the last one I read was Pearls of Lutra. I kind of gave up about 40 pages into The Long Patrol and haven't read or re-read any since. Mossflower is my absolute fave, and Gonff is my absolute favorite character. Alex |
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17 Apr 01 - 02:03 PM (#442696) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: lady penelope Gael force ? |
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17 Apr 01 - 02:23 PM (#442711) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Clinton Hammond Gael Force has been done, and even they changed it because it was too cheesy... Almost as bad as Celtic Cross... How about Windswept & Interesting? |
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17 Apr 01 - 08:32 PM (#443015) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: lady penelope Alternitively you could choose the name by taking your first pets' name and your nearest land mark. Ours would be SnowBall Cross. Just a thought. TTFN M'Lady P. |
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18 Apr 01 - 04:57 AM (#443242) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Herself thinks when we stop working in libraries we should call our house Dunlendin. The neighbours are probably hoping for Dunsingin. RtS |
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18 Apr 01 - 06:26 AM (#443267) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Dave the Gnome Pets name and nearest landmark??? Ours would be F!"£ing stupid animal fire station! Doesn't work somehow.... I'm not sure about naming houses unless their is a reason to do so. I have already seen too many 1970's little boxes called Rivendell! If you must have a name hows about something completely stupid like Fobeth (FOur BEdroomed Town House) - it's novel and possibly the kind of silly thing competition organisers like - particularly if it is for marketing purposes. Have fun anyway Dave the Gnome |
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18 Apr 01 - 06:39 AM (#443279) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Bernard Mine would be 'Lard Town Hall' Apparently when I trip over the cat I call it 'Cooking Fat'... |
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18 Apr 01 - 07:12 PM (#443850) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: Mr Red I called my house in Malvern (UK) "Isle of Dew" got divorced in it so it turned out to be prophetic, or was I tempting fate? (phonetic wordplay) Another house in Melbourne Close, in an area called Little Australia was dubbed "Inn Victoria". Vicki was amused - just. |
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18 Apr 01 - 09:52 PM (#443986) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: CRANKY YANKEE My Next Boat
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18 Apr 01 - 10:02 PM (#443996) Subject: RE: BS: Think of a name!!!!' From: GUEST,2feathers A house is not a home. A house can be a thief; whenever you think you've fixed everything, something else pops up. My motherinlaw always said, A house is a "gonuf." (thief) But that's a sad name for a new house. "Loving Arms"? "Peaceful Haven" "Home for Good" |