(Yes, it’s another dog-related post. Deal with it!) :P
A while back, I mentioned some of the nicknames we’ve given to our dogs. Recently, Dodger has acquired yet another nickname, so I thought I’d take a moment to explain this (silly) process.
First, some background. Many moons ago, Dodger acquired the nickname “Dodger Lee”. The “Lee” comes from his being sneaky and treacherous (in a cute, cuddly kind of way) in his dealings with his siblings and, on occasion, us. So it’s Lee, as in Lee Harvey—yes, he’s our little assassin.
“Dodger Lee” is, of course, short for “Dodger Lee Dog” which then morphed into a business name for him, D. Lee Dog. “D. Lee” wound up being pronounced “dealie” which led Marc to make the observation that he was the “dog with a dealie”—since our other dogs are girls, so he has the distinction of having a… well, you know.
He then became “Dealie Dog”. Recently, I observed that there’s a plaza in Dallas named for him (yes, I know it’s spelled “Dealey” but that’s just their error).
So, from Dealie Dog, we briefly had Dealey Plaza Dog. Now, it’s just “Plaza Dog”. A few years ago, he would have ignored all but his given name, Dodger. Nowadays, he just rolls with it. I guess he figures it’s okay to answer to “Plaza Dog”, just so long as I’m handing out treats or giving ear scratches. :)
3 comments:
I think in the naming of animals our train of thought gets rerailed and ends up with all sort of bits, bobs and [erm] dangling participles. Our dog Cappuccino was renamed Dogaccino by a girl who visited the gallery.
We only had our puppy for a few days before I already had a plethora of nicknames for her. Buffy the dog. Buff. Buff and Stuff. Buffer. The Buffinator. Buffy the Urine Stainer.
She's going to need a doggy therapist.
;-)
Oh, dear ... I actually followed all of that! :-)
Our kitty got her name first because we wanted to call her Spot, but in a foreign tongue - hence, she is Tache. But late we realized that her spot is like a milk moustache. MousTACHE. How about that?!
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