For example,
my japanese teacher once told me that in Japan
people like to give their dogs "western sounding"
names. He cited as an example a dog in his
neighborhood named "S".
A friend of mine in Norway had a dog named "Sniff"
(because he did a lot of sniffing; I'm not sure if
"sniff" is a word in Norsk).
In this country I would think that currently
cute human names are fashionable for dogs and cats,
generally, but I only know a few dogs and cats.
"Oriental sounding" names were (or perhaps are still)
common; I once met a dog name "Tsuki" (which could
be nihongo for moon I think), and my family had
a cat named "Changa".
Tom Gross
Apollo Computer, Inc.
Chelmsford, MA
I knew a person from Singapore who called her Cocker Spaniel (sp)
Mou-Mou. Her mother tongue is, I believe, English, though she
speaks a certain dialect of Chinese (Hakkanese ??).
Anyway, Mou-Mou in Cantonese would mean "kitty", which is absurd,
but in some other dialects it sorta means "little haired-thing".
("mou" -> hair; repeating the word is a sign of affection)
--
Henry Chai ( guest on suran@utcsri )
{utzoo,ihnp4,allegra,decwrl}!utcsri!utflis!chai chai%utflis@TORONTO
Will
All my relatives live in Sweden. my aunt has a German Shepherd
called "Erak" (air-ack); a cousin has a cat named "Kissymiss".
Who knows....pet names are great....!
Ingrid Tenggren (Data I/O Corp's Real Swede)
"..Before the Women's Liberation Movement, women were in the kitchen,
and men took care of cars. Now that we have Women's Liberation, men
no longer feel the need to take care of the cars...."
--dave barry's wife :-)
I have a canary named Tori-san, Japanese for (approximately) Honourable Mister
Bird, and a Siamese kitten named Yuki, Japanese for "snow".
--
The Phoenix
(Neither Bright, Dark, nor Young)
---"A man should live forever...or die trying."
---"There is no substitute for good manners...except fast reflexes."