Lamia Lawless
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9/21/2017
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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.)
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
9/21/2017
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When in doubt, check the etymology for the most obvious word and see what that turns up.
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Hotshot Blackburn
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9/21/2017
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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?
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lady ciel
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9/21/2017
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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.
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Passionario
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9/21/2017
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Bitty
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9/21/2017
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I name my pets dumb fancy names, what about Edgar?
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PSGarak
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9/21/2017
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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.
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Lamia Lawless
Posts: 604
9/21/2017
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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.
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Pumpkinhead
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9/21/2017
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PSGarak wrote:
And I will have you know, my use of this system predates Boaty McBoatface by eight years.
Actually, Goaty McGoatface has a nice ring to it. I might have to name my goat that.
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sneak the snark
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9/25/2017
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Ich liebe diejenigen, die nach dem Unmöglichen sehnen. - Goethe
Hotshot Blackburn wrote:
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?
edited by sneak the snark on 9/25/2017
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Catherine Raymond
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9/25/2017
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I call my Ubergoat Baphomet, but I like Hotshot's name for his--Goathe.
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Addis Rook
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9/25/2017
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when in doubt, name it after the first thing it eats!
....what DO ubergoats eat??
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Catherine Raymond
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9/26/2017
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Addis Rook wrote:
when in doubt, name it after the first thing it eats!
....what DO ubergoats eat??
edited by Addis Rook on 9/25/2017
Soylent Green. And by that I mean...people!
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Pumpkinhead
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9/26/2017
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Soylent Green. And by that I mean...people!
Soylent Green... is PEOPLE?!
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Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Addis Rook
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9/26/2017
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Addis Rook wrote:
when in doubt, name it after the first thing it eats!
....what DO ubergoats eat??
edited by Addis Rook on 9/25/2017
Soylent Green. And by that I mean...people!
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heavensdark
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9/26/2017
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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.
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