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

[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. ☺