I got an Ubergoat earlier this year, and I’m having a hard time thinking of a name. I’ve been calling him Musky Lad in the interim, but L.L. tends to prefer fancy names for her pets. Any suggestions?
I checked the forum search and didn’t see any other threads about names, so I’m offering this thread as a general place to discuss naming, if people feel like it. Maybe getting feedback from other players can help you avoid my mistakes. (Never trust a baby names website. Never.)
When in doubt, check the etymology for the most obvious word and see what that turns up.
मुष्क
A goat like that deserves a fine upstanding name. The name of a respected writer, perhaps, or a statesman. A name that is strong and sturdy, like German steel. A name that is suitably…caprine in nature.
How about Goathe?
Naming things is tricky and I still haven’t got around to naming all my pets and companions. As I have several characters I decided to theme names for some of them. So, for example, one uses names of plants and flowers; another gods and goddesses; a third uses stars and constellations.
So far four of my characters have Ubergoats. Their names are Loosestrife; Cernunnos; Fornax and Agrippa.
I name my pets dumb fancy names, what about Edgar?
Naming things is hard (one of the two hardest problems in Computer Science), so I developed a system and I stick with it.
Übergoaty McÜbergoatson.
And I will have you know, my use of this system predates Boaty McBoatface by eight years.
These are all fun suggestions! I think Edgar was my favorite. But Musky Lad had a charm that could only be surpassed by an even more incisively descriptive name for his goatly pungency, so I settled on Peruṅkāyam. That’s the Tamil word for asafoetida. :) He will just have to settle for being the less loved of L.L.'s animal companions until his infernal sight sees him to a bath. Then, perhaps, he will be promoted to an Edgar.
[quote=PSGarak]
And I will have you know, my use of this system predates Boaty McBoatface by eight years.[/quote]
Actually, Goaty McGoatface has a nice ring to it. I might have to name my goat that.
Ich liebe diejenigen, die nach dem Unmöglichen sehnen. - Goethe
[quote=Hotshot Blackburn]A goat like that deserves a fine upstanding name. The name of a respected writer, perhaps, or a statesman. A name that is strong and sturdy, like German steel. A name that is suitably…caprine in nature.
How about Goathe?[/quote]
edited by sneak the snark on 9/25/2017
I call my Ubergoat Baphomet, but I like Hotshot’s name for his–Goathe.
when in doubt, name it after the first thing it eats!
…what DO ubergoats eat??
edited by Addis Rook on 9/25/2017
[quote=Addis Rook]when in doubt, name it after the first thing it eats!
…what DO ubergoats eat??
edited by Addis Rook on 9/25/2017[/quote]
Soylent Green. And by that I mean…people!
[quote=Catherine Raymond]
Soylent Green. And by that I mean…people![/quote]
Soylent Green… is PEOPLE?!
[quote=Catherine Raymond][quote=Addis Rook]when in doubt, name it after the first thing it eats!
…what DO ubergoats eat??
edited by Addis Rook on 9/25/2017[/quote]
Soylent Green. And by that I mean…people![/quote]
I’m not always great at coming up with names. I usually look up names that have similar meaning to the thing I am naming. That said, my Disappointing Marsh Hound is Hollander because Swamp Thing was Alex Holland so it just seemed like a nice twist.