The All-Breed Dictionary of Unusual Names - Softcover

Jarrett, Gloria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0931866324 ISBN 13: 9780931866326

Publisher: Alpine Pubns Inc, 1988

Synopsis

Anyone who registers purebred animals by name must wrestle with the problem of continually finding unique new names. Gloria Jarrett tackles the problem from several angles providing hundreds of unusual names, words, and phrases, plus boys’ and girls’ names from A to Z.

Whether you have dogs, horses, cattle, pigs, cats, or other purebred animals you will find All-Breed Dictionary of Unusual Names an invaluable reference.

About this title

From the Publisher

Registering any breed of animal is a challenge—it takes time, ingenuity, a flair with words and phrases, and the right source material to make the best choice of breed name possible. Written for the animal breeder or average pet owner, author Gloria Jarrett, herself a farmwife who has raised and named a multitude of animals, includes two sections to her first book: one which includes unusual names and phrases, the other a complete alphabetical listing of boy’s and girls’ names. The names, words and phrases listed and simply defined are filled with color and magic, fairy tales and folklore, sailing jargon and soldier-talk, plus a litany of precious gems.

Most breeders would agree that the good names, the unforgettable names, are the most unusual names. From "AOLANI" (ow-LAH-nee), Hawaiian word for cloud, to "ZORRA" (SOR-rah), the Spanish word for fox, the ALL-BREED DICTIONARY is a handy source for animal lover and breeder alike.

The ALL-BREED DICTIONARY OF UNUSUAL NAMES makes for interesting and lively choices, painted with color and personality for any breed.

From the Author

Where do registration names come from? Everywhere! The names, words and phrases included in this section can be found amidst a wide diversity of subject matter. They are words of color and magic, heraldry and music, weapons, warriors, fairy tales and folklore; creatures of the heavens, the earth, and the seas; royalty and rogue, food and drink, rules of etiquette and points of honor; the good guys and the bad guys, the pursuits of theater and art, precious gems and fancy ornamentation; sailing jargon and soldier-talk, virtue and vice, occupations nice and nasty, drinking toasts and saloon games, warm lexicon of Aussies and Englishmen, German, Italians, Spaniards, Swedes, Frenchmen, Irishmen, Scots, Greeks, Russians, Rumanians, Czechs, Chinese and inhabitants of the Congo. They are exclamations, expletives, expressions and metallurgy, and literature. They are cities and rivers and mountain ranges; trees, flowers, kings, queens, costumes, sailing ships, sea shells, doves, fireworks, outlaws and romance.

When choosing a registration name, this dictionary allows you to find one special word or name that will set your animal’s name in cement. Instead of "making-do" with complications of common words, the best registration names come from simple (but unusual) word, or name, or phrase paired with your kennel name. From the pablum of the show catalogs, every now and then such an extraordinary name appears; and although we all differ in our tastes, there is no doubt that such "unique" names cause us all to pause. Remember that there is always more beauty in simplicity!

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpine Pubns Inc
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0931866324
• ISBN 13: 9780931866326
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240