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11-28-2009, 01:47 PM
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Slattern of the Swail
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House Names
I love the tradition of naming the family *cough* estate, as it 'twere.
My house was built in the fifties, three bedrooms and a bath and 1/2. NO WHOOP. BUT I like pretending it's an English country cottage so I call it Hosa House as we've loads of hosta around (only thing that can really survive our absolutely horrid summers) - not that this has caught on, mind you, but it's fun to pretend. I have heard of one american house being called Loose Pilings - but I'm fairly certain a murder happened there and I can't compete with that. what would you call your house if you have your druthers? I've also thought of calling the place Brokedown Palace - but it's so far from a palace that it wouldn't even be ironic. 
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11-28-2009, 02:16 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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There's a cottage down the road that I used to daydream about when i was living at Mum's and looking for my own place, after the split with J. It's lovely. And it is called Freedom.
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11-28-2009, 02:18 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Abandonall Hope
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11-28-2009, 02:22 PM
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I know, right?
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The Money Pit. Oh, that's been done.
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11-28-2009, 02:51 PM
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I can hear my ears
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our house is named Phil
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11-28-2009, 03:25 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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The house where I grew up was called Kenmore.
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11-28-2009, 03:27 PM
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I know, right?
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Actually, I have been toying with the idea of naming our place.
It's on a hill, with a kinda-sorta nice view of the valley below, sort of a rural-ish spot in the middle of suburbia. I dunno. Maybe y'all can help me out with some ideas. We've got a barn, a few chickens, a lovely aboveground pool, and a bunch of trees (mostly ash and locust). Well, here it is. I took a couple photos just for this thread.  
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11-28-2009, 03:54 PM
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Radical Centrist
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Juniplace
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11-28-2009, 04:39 PM
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Professor
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My great grandfather was the grandson of Robert Shaw of Terenure, which was an estate in Dublin. He is credited with founding the bank of Ireland among other things, and was one of those protestant family lines that were given a grant of land in Ireland for helping the King in some way. Anyway, my great grandfather's property in Foochow, China had a sign out front naming it Terenure. My grandparent did the same when they had a large home in Great Hallingbury in the UK and I have an uncle in Vancouver who has his small property named Terenure. I might do the same but my home owners association might not like it.
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11-28-2009, 04:48 PM
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to live and die in LA
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My in-laws sold their house in the Oakland hills and bought an old estate in northern Washington. 15 acres, evergreens, a stream, several ponds, vineyard, simply heavenly. The estate had a name when they bought it, Buitenzorg. It's Dutch for "A place beyond worries."
I've never seen a more aptly named place.
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11-28-2009, 05:48 PM
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Doctor Wtf
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Arbeit macht frei.
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11-28-2009, 06:06 PM
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LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
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11-28-2009, 09:03 PM
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~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
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Smooth,Zen and Chris You all have home names like you'd find in a book.
I don't have a name for mine but it is almost like a little cabin in the woods. |
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11-28-2009, 09:12 PM
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Come on, cat.
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Most of the beach houses down in obx have names. They're fun to read and you start to remember the same ones year after year... If we had one maybe we'd name it At The Helm's. Or Carl.
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11-28-2009, 09:14 PM
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