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Re: Rufus

by Bex

7/1/2018, 7:08 PM

Has a nice long history (which I love). Rufus Wainwright is also awesome, so thats a bonus.

The whole 'dog name' is ridiculously stupid. How any dogs are there named Rufus? I don't think i've ever met a dog named Rufus but yet anytime this name comes up the silly argument about it being a 'dog' name pops up. I know more dogs named Bella, Max, Lucy or Charlie and I know heaps of kids also named that. My cat's name is Harriet and there's a girl named Harriett in T's music class..

Rufus is at the top of our list for a boy.

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- CN

7/2/2018, 2:22 PM

My family had a dog named Rufus when I was little. But yes, I agree that the dog name comments are a bit annoying. I like Rufus a lot and even if I grew up with a dog named Rufus I still see it as a perfectly good name for a human and my first thought is not 'dog'.

- RDNZL

7/2/2018, 9:22 AM

Actually...

...my husband's childhood dog was named Rufus, which inspired me to ask this question.

- queenv

7/2/2018, 6:45 AM

I think that people think of Rufus as a dog name not because it's commonly used for dogs, but because the first syllable of Rufus is identical to the way that a dog's bark is sometimes transcribed. "Ruf ruf ruf ruf ruf."

But I love Rex and that gets "dog's name" also, so I feel ya.

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