Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 07, 2014 3:42 am Hi, I am currently researching names given to household and office objects for a study at the University of Mainz, Germany. It would be of great help if you could fill out my questionnaire on http://namesurvey.net – if you could share the URL with others, that would be great too, of course. I only ask about the object's names in the questionnaire, not about your names or contact details. The survey is anonymous and only for research purposes (in the field of onomastics). Many thanks! Mehmet Aydin Re: Do you name your appliances? 2May 07, 2014 10:39 am Interesting... I do name cars, motorbikes, plants & trees, but not household appliances. Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: Do you name your appliances? 3May 07, 2014 1:19 pm our rhoomba is called Ralph . That's it when it comes to appliances. Cars are all named too. People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people. Elizabeth Aston, Mr. Darcy's Daughters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmDX0tgONFs http://lightndreamy.blogspot.com/ Re: Do you name your appliances? 4May 07, 2014 1:33 pm Actually, we do refer to our Simpson clothes dryer as Homer or Homie sometimes... but it's not an "official" name for it! Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: Do you name your appliances? 6May 07, 2014 1:39 pm The only appliance I named is our Roomba. We called him Dexter. Named him after the robot on the old TV show Perfect Match Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Do you name your appliances? 7May 07, 2014 4:22 pm sorry for being too low brow qebtel. I was in need of a circuit breaker so to speak. My 8yo nephew rolled his eyes at how we name stuff. Apparently it's stoopid. People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people. Elizabeth Aston, Mr. Darcy's Daughters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmDX0tgONFs http://lightndreamy.blogspot.com/ Re: Do you name your appliances? 8May 07, 2014 9:11 pm I only name appliances if they've broken down...... very colourful names. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Do you name your appliances? 9May 07, 2014 11:10 pm Oh yeah we name all our stuff. Excalibur the wok, Dusty the vacuum, Stinky the printer (long story), Cornelius the popcorn maker (that was a brand name that stuck), our cars are named etc. Qebtel where's your sense of fun!? Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Do you name your appliances? 10May 09, 2014 2:45 pm Everyone I know who has a robotic vacuum cleaner has named it! They must be part of the family huh?! I don't think any of ours have names at the moment, I used to name more when I was younger. I'm very fond of my toaster though and won't let my husband replace it. Our Custom Dale Alcock build in the Village at Wellard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78620 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 30573 Broker here - legislation says that every true broker must put the clients best interests before theirs so in theory they must offer you the best options for you on their… 2 43752 The worst thing you can do is sign a building contract without a pre contract review. Over the years many people have come to me with disputes where they just signed… 0 5628 |