“What's his name?”
“Dog.”
She looked up from the puppy's adoring eyes. “Dog? That's it?”
“He likes it. Hey, Dog.” At the sound of his master's voice, Dog immediately cocked
his head at Nathaniel and barked. “See?”
“Yes.” She laughed and nuzzled. “It seems a bit unimaginative.”
“On the contrary. How many dogs do you know named Dog?”
“Dog.”
She looked up from the puppy's adoring eyes. “Dog? That's it?”
“He likes it. Hey, Dog.” At the sound of his master's voice, Dog immediately cocked
his head at Nathaniel and barked. “See?”
“Yes.” She laughed and nuzzled. “It seems a bit unimaginative.”
“On the contrary. How many dogs do you know named Dog?”
Megan's Mate
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Your pet is an important part of
your family. So when you bring a new furry friend into your life, you
should show the same careful consideration when choosing his or her name
as you would when deciding what to call your newborn son or daughter.
"People see their pets as companions," says Frank Nuessel, Ph.D., a
linguistics professor at the University of Louisville and editor of
NAMES: A Journal of Omnastics. "So it makes sense that there's a link
between how we name children and how we name animals. The act of naming
is such a symbolic thing," he says.
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“A bird?”
“A parrot I picked up in the Caribbean about five years ago. That's another reason I
bring Dog along with me. Bird might eat him.”
“Bird?”
Megan's Mate