Naming a house

[MrG]

I suggest something simple and traditional, like "Steve" or "Jeff."

 

[swaggerisaliability]

A picture would help, no?

 

[JLibourel]

I always thought ordinary houses had numbers, not names.

Even on larger properties, I find names, e.g., "The Elms," highly pretentious. Ranches--like the XIT Ranch--may be a different matter.

I rather like the example of U.S. Grant: When his pretentious (and pro-Confederate) father-in-law named his farm "Wish-ton-wish" (an Indian--forget which tribe--word for "whipoorwil"), Grant named his farm "Hardscrabble."

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

So, maybe pick a defining hobby or passion you and your wife share?

There's a really sick joke here somewhere...

 

[ter1413]

How about something similiar to the sire..Wait, you said HOUSE. WTF. Surely you jest! Houses are not names unless they had the acres to back it up....

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by jgold47

We have decided that our new house needs a name.

Does it, though?

Does it?

 

[Bhowie]

Originally Posted by MrG

I suggest something simple and traditional, like "Steve" or "Jeff."

I like Franklin

 

[MetroStyles]

I think it would be a good idea to call your house PENISVILLE.

 

[ter1413]

Originally Posted by jgold47

We have decided that our new house needs a name. Even though we are not rich, nor is this place a mansion I want a name regardless. Naming it after us is out. And the Historic Preservation method of the 'most important people who lived there' is also out. So we need a name like:


The Breakers
The Biltmore
Goldeneye (Ian Flemming place)
Sagamore
Mt. Vernon
(Whatever the name of the House was in the Great Gatsby - Does anyone know? I couldnt find it)



Thoughts?

Yes...PLEASE don't!

 

[Nantucket Red]

We always name houses & cars.

On Nantucket, a house is traditionally named and the name is displayed on a carved, painted quarterboard.

 

[SpooPoker]

How about "No ****"

 

[HRoi]

or "***** Palace"

 

[DBowers]

Delta Iota Kappa (DIK)

or

Epsilon Zeta chapter of Sigma Epsilon Chi (EZ-SEX)

 

[swaggerisaliability]

Originally Posted by DBowers

Epsilon Zeta chapter of Sigma Epsilon Chi (EZ-SEX)

Mark my words. I'm starting that fraternity one day.

 

[Big Pun]

******* white people.