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Help[Facts] Announcing another "Name the Minpin" Contest! All invited!
in reply to a message by Priapos Lovs
Fanfic can be so entertaining. Heck knows where the writer got that name "Beelia" from, though. I'm wondering if he (she?) might have formed it from the name "Belial", which is a reference to the rebellious Satan and means "without a master". Not exactly the best name for a dog -- not even a Satanic dog. :)
Speaking of dogs and names... I went on a rescue mission today, into the wilds of Brooklyn, and picked up a *very* tiny minpin who had been found past midnight tied by his leash to a tree in a park (and shivering in the snow and frigid cold) barely two weeks ago. The elderly couple who had taken in him decided that they couldn't keep him after all (after having searched in vain for his original owner), so now the little guy is with us. The couple who turned him over to me had been calling him "Mickey" (shudder), but fortunately they didn't have him long enough for him to learn to answer to that... name.
So.... Once again, I am launching another Name the Minpin Contest! I think I may wind up keeping this guy, and if I do, there is NO WAY I'm going to call him "Mickey". Here is a description of Mic-- um, I mean, *the minpin*, to help any contest participants in chosing a suitable name: He's very small, black in color, and older than PriaposLovs in dog years (42, by a veterinarian's reckoning). He's sweet-natured, but don't let that discourage you from choosing a "really cute boy's name" for him -- like "Havoc" or "Pwcca" (the Welsh name for Satan). Both those names are high up on my list of choices right now. :) (I may have to ask Daividh or Norah how one pronounces "Pwcca", though.)
Anyone is invited to participate, of course. And, once again, you may ask what you might win if you should happen to choose the winning name. You'll win my respect -- which is of inestimable value. :)
-- Nanaea
Speaking of dogs and names... I went on a rescue mission today, into the wilds of Brooklyn, and picked up a *very* tiny minpin who had been found past midnight tied by his leash to a tree in a park (and shivering in the snow and frigid cold) barely two weeks ago. The elderly couple who had taken in him decided that they couldn't keep him after all (after having searched in vain for his original owner), so now the little guy is with us. The couple who turned him over to me had been calling him "Mickey" (shudder), but fortunately they didn't have him long enough for him to learn to answer to that... name.
So.... Once again, I am launching another Name the Minpin Contest! I think I may wind up keeping this guy, and if I do, there is NO WAY I'm going to call him "Mickey". Here is a description of Mic-- um, I mean, *the minpin*, to help any contest participants in chosing a suitable name: He's very small, black in color, and older than PriaposLovs in dog years (42, by a veterinarian's reckoning). He's sweet-natured, but don't let that discourage you from choosing a "really cute boy's name" for him -- like "Havoc" or "Pwcca" (the Welsh name for Satan). Both those names are high up on my list of choices right now. :) (I may have to ask Daividh or Norah how one pronounces "Pwcca", though.)
Anyone is invited to participate, of course. And, once again, you may ask what you might win if you should happen to choose the winning name. You'll win my respect -- which is of inestimable value. :)
-- Nanaea
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