Monday, May 16, 2011

Hypocoristic Aliases

My poor doggies have been inflicted with a ton of pet names over the years--mostly by me.

The youngest, our little girl, has by far the most pet names and will come immediately upon being called with a happy jaunt.

She goes by (and responds to):
~Haviland Aberdeen (her given name)
~Havie
~Have
~Aberdeen
~Aberdeenie
~Deen
~Deenie
~Aberdin
~Zaberdini
~Haberdin
~Haberdeen
~Haverdeen
~Haberdini
~Havokland
~puppy
~little girl
~baby dog
She also responds to "HEY!! No no!" although she generally comes to me, ears back, tail tucked, and absolutely slinking.

Our other doggy, our boy, has a few, but he generally only responds when he wants to.

He goes by:
~Hamish Argyle (his given name)
~Hamie
~Hame
~Hamie boy
~Mr. Hamish
~his royal highness
~the King
He also responds to "Wanna TREAT!?" and "Who wants breakfast?!"; other than that, he does as he pleases. (A little side note, Hamish is called the King because, even when being yelled at for some sort of naughtiness, his nose is high in air and he looks at you with a "what are you going to do about it??" sort of face. Very hard to be angry at him.)



Havie is on the left and Hamish is on the left. Aren't they sweet!?

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