Meet Bertie!

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

Hopefully this isn't too far OT, but I had to share. I have a new puppy! He is a black miniature poodle. I have been on the waiting list for him for over a year and the only name I ever really considered was Bertram. Bertie for short. Of course since I'm American and live in America, I can't actually pronounce it quite right without affecting a British accent, so everyone will always call him, "Birdie." But I have decided I am OK with that. My other poodle's name is Amelie, so I'm already used to having to over explain dog names to everyone in the world. I wouldn't think Amelie would be that hard but it is quite difficult apparently.

But yes, I wanted this puppy to be an affable, happy go lucky sort of fellow, which seems to be working out so far. He's quite noisy too. Perhaps a bit feistier and more demanding than his namesake.

As soon as he gets scruffy enough I'll give him a haircut and clean up those whiskers. No mustache for young Bertram. Surely a sartorial misstep for poodles.

For a registered name I'm thinking either Gigi's Smart Little Chap (Gigi is the breeder), or Gigi's Sunny Disposish. Not that it matters a whole lot, since he's getting fixed asap and thus shall forever remain one of nature's bachelors. Probably for the best since he keeps running headfirst into the furniture.

Comments

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

Wow. I think I've only ever heard that pronounced aloud once. Pretty sure it was in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (a shitty made for TV movie that is kind of amazing actually). They pronounced it like it's spelled, Juh-mill-uh. Is that close?

[umpteenth-gail.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is! Jamila is an Indian name. There was a character on The Bill with that name as a screen name once.

All this talk of accents (which I half understood) and Jamila's name made me remember that when I used to watch The Bill, I probably missed a good deal more speech than I realised, not just with their Cockney accents, but their localised slang. But they were all good actors, stage-trained of course, and I relied on their body language and expressions, and never missed the gist.

Heaven help American viewers of this show. :D

Your little Bertie is the sweetest! Imagine if he met my colleague's hyperactive, overexcited Tallulah. Never saw such an energetic dog (same, black poodle). It would be mayhem. There are toy Tallulahs all over the office.

I still have that wonderful picture that someone made of the sinister Reginald (black cat with the white shirtfront) and his scared wife (tubby tabby) who uncovers his dark past! I used it as wallpaper and it got some smiles. Very clever.

[gini-baggins.livejournal.com]

I had a girl in my class called Jamila. :)

I give my pets quite unusual (English) names, perhaps because they are quite unusual, but with the result that people just don't get what I'm saying.
My bearded dragon is called Reaver, my red corn snake is called Severus Elessar.

People are always like; huh? Perhaps that is just because they are Dutch ;P Can't help preferring English, can I?

[wild-shadowfire.livejournal.com]

Jamila is arabic and means "beautiful".

As to how it is pronounced... well, this is going to be kind of funny, because I'm not English, and the pronouncement was described for my language, but I'll try anyway: for us that was "Dscha-MI-lah", I think in English that would be "Ja-MEE-la" (google says so also ;) ), with the J sounding like the one from "Jack"...

[umpteenth-gail.livejournal.com]

This name is probably multinational, like others. I should have thought of that. Interesting how some names and words interweave through countries, not always neighbouring ones.

Gini, your menagerie sounds scary and fascinating. Their names seem quite ordinary in comparison to themselves. ☺