LBB: Polling the flist for a name

[delphipsmith]

Lucius has deerhounds, or maybe wolfhounds; we all know that, right?



And he's French -- he's got that certain je ne sai quoi, right? So I need a good name for a big French dog or two. And yes, I know, neither deerhounds nor wolfhounds are French, they're Scottish or Irish or something, but don't pester me with details. I looked at this list but it's giving me issues. The names that je comprends are dumb (Floffy? Floppi? Lucius would DIE of mortification) and I refuse to use a person's name (pas de Belle, pas de Sebastian) and I don't want to use a name je ne comprends pas (Fripouille? Guimauve? WTF?).

So somebody who knows French, or is French, or has French friends, help me out here: if you were French (or proud of your French heritage) and had a big deerhound (or wolfhound) or two, what would you call them?

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[aalia7.livejournal.com]

Probably completely unhelpful, but it's a fitting anecdote anyway. When I was very little, I remember going to tea with my parents' friends and they had two Afghan hounds called Foil and Épée. So maybe consider object names that just....sound better in French? :)

[delphipsmith]

LOL! Excellent :) Perhaps Jeté and Fouetté ?