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I'm keeping two puppies for a while. The first is a pretty little red girl that has a name. "Glyph" short for hieroglyph.
The second is the puppy at the top of this page, who is now called "orange". She's the one I'm having trouble coming up with a call name for.
Her registered name will probably be Lowryder Triple Feature.
Since they are Welsh anything remotely Gaelic or even Elvish is desirable. She's very feminine but with quite a bit of spunk.
Also preferably something that doesn't sound like "Jake" "Glyph" or "Ciara" (prounounced Sierra in this case) so there isn't any confusion with my other animals.
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I'd also prefer 3 syllables or under. Ciara is even kind of long. Traditional herding dog names are only one syllable, becuase the herders felt it was easier to call.
And the problem with many welsh names (and LotR names for that matter) are that there are actual Kennels using them as kennel names in some cases.
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My first though was "Petra", thinking the two puppies would stay together. I know if I had one named "Glyph" the other would have to be named "Petra". But I see that there is no guarantee they will be together in the future.
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In that picture from behind she looks like a mammoth.
What is that orange thing you've got her sucking on in the last pic? Hmm . . . she's looks like she's been dusted with orange powder . . . I think you should call her Cheeto.
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lol the orange stuff is cheddar cheese. "Orange" was the original color sharpie I used for marking the back of her neck to keep her straight from her sisters who were all the same color.
KarlEd Why petra? am I missing some connction between glyph and petra? Rune might not be bad. It isn't as symbolic for her as it is for her sister. you see her red sister has an unidentifiable white marking on the back of her neck that looks like it could mean something if we only knew what language it was.
I'm not normally frilly girly, but I kind of want a girlier name for this puppy. She was the smallest and most delicate of the bunch.
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Neldë is the Quenya word for "three." I think that would be a good option, and it's only two syllables.
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Well. . . . . . the first thing that came to my mind was "petraglyph", but in looking for the word in the dictionary I find that the word I thought I was thinking of is really "petroglyph".
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*lightbulb goes on* No guarantee they will stay together though. I may sell one after the National next year if there is interest. Or I may not... I've got to see how they grow on first.
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I've become fond of the name Maida. It's from a set of books I used to read about a frail little blond girl named Maida. Probably more German than Gaelic, I suppose...
Oh, well, actually one place I just looked said it was a Greek name meaning shy girl.
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Melian and Vána ( ) are lovely choices. Here is a list of the names of all the Valier (female Valar). I think Nessa is also especially nice. She loves to dance and spend time in the green grass.
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I believe Nimue would be pronounced Ni-mu-ay, but the i probably sounds like a long e (Nee-mu-ay).
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♫ A Nee-mu-ay A Nee-mu-ay, A Nee-mu-ay A Nee-mu-ay . . .in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the puppy sleeps tonight. . .
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*rotfl* Steve has a version of Leher's "Cows with guns" changed to "Dogs with Guns" even though he means "corgis" in particular. Lines I remember:
"We are free roving canines, we run free, today" "We will run free, herding buffalo and hold our large ears high..."
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ludosti, you could be right - I'm actually not familiar with Welsh. I am, however, nerdy enough to read Tolkien's pronounciation guides, so I can be trusted with those! Posts: 3214 | Registered: Apr 2002
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Annie beat me to it...my suggestion was going to be Branwen. Megan is also a nice Celtic name (and thank you, Vana, for the precedent of suggesting one's own name ).
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My dog's name actually is Branwen - Bran for short. She's a black Labrador, so it seemed appropriate. (Branwen means beautiful raven). I also like the shortening as Bran was one of the hounds of Finn Mac Cumhal, the mythic Irish hero.
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Which means that their parents didn't have much imagination IMO.
By the way, did you know that the tradtion that the ravens must stay on the grounds of the Tower of London is thought to come from the popular myth that Bran's head was buried near the tower?
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