I love this fish:
It’s not just what you say from Word Is Up on Vimeo.
Why? Dunno, I just do. And it's a goldfish. (Geddit? Goldfish? Sterling? Ah, never mind.) Perhaps this is how teams feel about their mascot. But here's the thing: a mascot needs a name.
Suggestions?
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Aurelia?
ReplyDeleteOne vote for Aurelia. I see him as a boy, I think, possibly a Bob.
ReplyDeleteAugustus?
ReplyDeleteSammy?
El Dorado?
Uh (last name Hum)
ReplyDeleteDeuteronomy.
ReplyDeleteI like it.
ReplyDeleteGeorgie.
He looks like a Clarence to me.
ReplyDeleteClaud. Rhymes with Aud.
ReplyDeleteOver on Facebook, Angelique has suggested Carassius: taxonomically correct and sounds like a gladiator.
ReplyDeleteI kind of like it. I also like Clarence and Augustus. There again, 'Bob' is still good.
Keep 'em coming.
There's a sense of upper class Englishness about most of these names... is that how you really see your fish?
ReplyDeleteBut he *does* look like a Humphrey :)
It's that harrumph-about-gout mouth...
ReplyDeleteMidas?
ReplyDeleteCarassius is cool, but I have a hard time seeing a goldfish as a gladiator.
ReplyDeleteHe does look like a Humphrey IMO (or a george).
Then again, I could see SE having a gladiator for a mascot.
Gotta be Fin McCool (Fionn mac Cumhaill) /g/
ReplyDeleteI'm still going with Authrum (author + aurum) because I'd like to be an author someday and Sterling Editing has been gold for me.
ReplyDeleteHow about Edward, Eddie, Edd, Ed? Plays nicely with editor, editing, and so on.
ReplyDeleteE says Cleo or Earl.
Dunno about his formal name, but ...
ReplyDeleteI'd have to call him "Louie the Lip" -- i know a mobster when i see one.
jjs
The sorts of thing that occur to me are complicated puns on sterling and gold, such as Orling or Auling or Auliver.
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