Re: OT: Stillbirth, naming stuff (Was Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?...)

Quoting Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>:

> >I wonder how other people divide up 'nameable' and
> >'unnameable' things.
>
> Hmmm, interesting question.
>
> I name pets - e.g. "Harrisson" and "Elspeth" flow easier (to my mind)
> and
> are less isolating than saying "the hedgehog" and "the Brasilian
> zebrea-knee
> tarantula". I've neither dog nor cat right now, but woiuld name them.
> Perhaps naming them also signifies family membership for me? or at
> least
> interaction? "The cat" or "the dog", "the child" are terms I use when
> something destructive, messy. or annoying has happened.
>
> I have never named plants, nor have I ever named cars, even though
> that
> is/was quite popular where I was reared.
>
> My partner named our house "The Bearony". Considering there's an
> official
> registry for this in the USA, it must be a somewhat common phenomena.
I name pets - my cat's called "Tussan" ['t8s:an] - but not normally inanimate
things. My computer does have a name - "Ingjald" - but that serves a practical
purpose in the LAN, so that does perhaps not count.

                                                  Andreas