Monday, November 20, 2023

What's in a name?

 My west coast brother has informed me that today is "National Absurdity Day" and "Name Your PC Day."  My first thought when I read that was that naming your PC is an absurdity.  But then, I started to wonder "Why not?"  i, and I suspect others, name other inanimate objects.  Ships and boats are always named.  People frequently have pet names for their cars, mine is named Blue.  In fact, when I bought my Fiat, my attention was drawn to a large wall display in the showroom of pictures people had submitted of themselves with their car and telling the name of the car.  So now I have started to think of names for my PC.  After all, I probably spend more time with it than any other inanimate object except my car.  Personal Computer is correct of course, but seems a little formal.  Laptop is really more of a descriptor than a name.  How about Pearl?  The cover is pearly gray after all.  Or Topper or Sonny or Apple (no wait, that one's taken).  That's it, I can't think of any more.  Come on Pearl, it's almost time for bed.

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