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I've been watching a lot of the show "America's Castles" on the network A&E. All the houses on that show have been named. I'm guessing that naming your home was a custom of the past, or probably something only the wealthy did. Some were named for the family that lived there, such as "The Charles Dawes House" or "Hearst Castle", others were named for the place it was built, like "Thistle Hill" or "Bayou Bend", and some were even named for characteristics the house had like "Marble Hall".
I thought it would be fun to see what other people would name either their current home/apartment, or their dream home, and why.
So wohat would you name your house?
I thought it would be fun to see what other people would name either their current home/apartment, or their dream home, and why.
So wohat would you name your house?
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Simply "Home"
In reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, a house simply entitled "Home" plays a large role in the plot.
Despite the horrific acts that later occur in it, it later becomes a safe haven for our narrator.
Maybe something like "Humbly Home", or "Haven".
~Silver
You know what's amazing... is how I always wake up right before we come home after a long car trip.
In reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, a house simply entitled "Home" plays a large role in the plot.
Despite the horrific acts that later occur in it, it later becomes a safe haven for our narrator.
Maybe something like "Humbly Home", or "Haven".
~Silver
You know what's amazing... is how I always wake up right before we come home after a long car trip.
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I'd call it Faith Something-or-other, because it's faith, baling wire, and chewing gum that keeps our dilapidated frame from caving in from the weight of the mice, rats, bats, etc. in the attic crawl-space, and sliding down the hill! ;\ Y :D
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Interesting responses...
I hafta say I like everyone's answers. But be careful Pavlos, with a name like "The Louvre", people are going to confuse your home with that fancy French museum. But hey, for a nominal fee, you could let them see your daughter's creative works posted on the refrigerator door!
I don't know what I would name my dream home; I would want something cheerful but sophisticated, probably feminine as my house seems to be more feminine than masqueline as far as looks go. It would resemble the southern style mansions of Gone With The Wind.
I hafta say I like everyone's answers. But be careful Pavlos, with a name like "The Louvre", people are going to confuse your home with that fancy French museum. But hey, for a nominal fee, you could let them see your daughter's creative works posted on the refrigerator door!
I don't know what I would name my dream home; I would want something cheerful but sophisticated, probably feminine as my house seems to be more feminine than masqueline as far as looks go. It would resemble the southern style mansions of Gone With The Wind.
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I would call it "The Louvre" (an anagram of "True hovel")
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There was a radio sitcom in the fifties, she says, dating herself, in which the characters lived in Mortgage Manor. Always appealed to me ...
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"Sanderling"
'cause it's built on sand behind a beach full of sand (God forbid we should ever have a serious earthquake) and there are all these little sandpipers called Sanderlings running back and forth in front of it.µ@k
'cause it's built on sand behind a beach full of sand (God forbid we should ever have a serious earthquake) and there are all these little sandpipers called Sanderlings running back and forth in front of it.µ@k
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Aww...
That's such a cute name. I'd call mine "The Abyss" because it's ugly and has hideous green cabinets.
That's such a cute name. I'd call mine "The Abyss" because it's ugly and has hideous green cabinets.
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