# Help me "name" mi casa **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480 "2006-06-20T20:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/1 "2006-06-20T20:55:13Z")
A client wants to thank me for doing life-saving surgery on his dog by making me some signs. He is an artist whose work is pretty cool. I was thinking about a sign for my house, and one for my shed. My initial idea was “casa grande” for the house, and “casa poco” for the shed. Y’all are way more clever than I am, so how about some ideas? Here is a pic of the front of the house, and one of the backyard. [http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/housefront.JPG](http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/housefront.JPG) [http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/backyard.JPG](http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/backyard.JPG) Yes, I realize the grass needs to be cut. Again. Ideally, the names are clever, possibly even humorous. If you submit the winning entry, you will be showered with laurels. Or something;) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/2 "2006-06-20T21:06:42Z")
“Lone Star Estate” Since you don’t have a fence in the back yard, you could put “Now leaving the Lone Star Estate” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/3 "2006-06-20T21:07:08Z")
The Lone Star Inn, Hotel, whatever Vetbridge Manor ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/4 "2006-06-20T21:23:01Z")
hehehe. OK, the star thing. I don’t even notice it, I guess. You two have already beaten my ideas.😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/5 "2006-06-21T00:29:00Z")
The 51st [sub]es[/sub]State. The dog house could be 51.5. I call my place Cloud 8. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/6 "2006-06-21T00:42:20Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The 51st [sub]es[/sub]State. > > The dog house could be 51.5. > > I call my place Cloud 8. oops. Should be The 51st [sub] E[/sub]State. You cold hang the cap E off of the lower part of the S in State. Corney, but memerable with that star. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/7 "2006-06-21T00:59:07Z")
_Casa Blanca_ (White House) ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/8 "2006-06-21T02:23:11Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > oops. Should be The 51st [sub] E[/sub]State. You cold hang the cap E off of the lower part of the S in State. Corney, but memerable with that star. This gets my vote. _g_ ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/9 "2006-06-21T02:45:25Z")
In Western Pennsylvania, I would go for a hex sign or a barn star. If done in harmony with the house, it would add value and not just be a one-owner joke. Otherwise, in these situations I always recommend painting a name-board on the lentil reading ‘Saunders.’ That way you can tell your friends in your most mysterious voice that you ‘Live under the name Saunders.’ Only the well-read will remember it is from Winnie the Pooh. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/10 "2006-06-21T16:39:32Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _Casa Blanca_ (White House) I like this one! Actually, I see possibilities with them all. If I use Casa Blanca I could have a white dove in a cage in my yard with _Paloma Blanca_ posted on the cage! ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/11 "2006-06-21T16:43:24Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Only the well-read will remember it is from Winnie the Pooh. hehehe. Sorry, I had to look up the reference. From a Winnie the Pooh site: > [@](#): > > …which according to the sign belongs to a certain “Mr. Saunders.” Of course, Winnie-the-Pooh fans know that Pooh lives here. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/12 "2006-06-21T16:44:57Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The 51st [sub]es[/sub]State. Boy am I slow today. I have been on the computer between surgeries and totally missed the lil es.😉 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/13 "2006-06-21T16:49:22Z")
I thought it was “Sanders,” not “Saunders.” And you mean “lintel,” not “lentil.” Ahem. How grand or silly do you want to be? Could you do something like “[your last name]wood” or Name House or Name Hall, or something that ties in with local history or geography in some way? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/14 "2006-06-21T16:56:29Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > A client wants to thank me for doing life-saving surgery on his dog by making me some signs. He is an artist whose work is pretty cool. I was thinking about a sign for my house, and one for my shed. My initial idea was “casa grande” for the house, and “casa poco” for the shed. > > Y’all are way more clever than I am, so how about some ideas? Here is a pic of the front of the house, and one of the backyard. > [http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/housefront.JPG](http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/housefront.JPG) > [http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/backyard.JPG](http://usera.imagecave.com/vetbridge/backyard.JPG) > > Yes, I realize the grass needs to be cut. Again. > Ideally, the names are clever, possibly even humorous. > > If you submit the winning entry, you will be showered with laurels. Or something;) The little one would be “casa pequeña”. You can also go for “la casa” and “la casita”. Or you could do like the do in Bilbao and call the doghouse Guggenheim (wait, was that the other way 'round?) Guggenheim Bilbao has had one huge garden/sculpture called “Puppy” in front as its only permanent exhibit since it was built. There are other permanent items, but of course the nickname was instant. With that star, you could call your house El Cielo (heaven/sky) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/15 "2006-06-21T16:58:27Z")
You could name it Sue. Then you could tell people, “Me casa is Sue casa.” ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/16 "2006-06-21T17:00:17Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I thought it was “Sanders,” not “Saunders.” And you mean “lintel,” not “lentil.” I got a ton of hits googling “pooh sanders” _or_ “pooh sanders”. > [@Courtesy of John Wheeler](#): > > Another answer comes from author Ann Thwaite in her biography, A.A. Milne: The Man Behind Winnie-the-Pooh (Random House, 1990). In her Notes (page 522, referring to page 262) we read: “under the name of Sanders The Sanders referred to was Frank Sanders, who had a printing works in the Snow Hill area of London.” This firm apparently printed some of A.A. Milne’s work, although all four children’s books are printed by Jarrold of Norwich. Information comes from Douglas Sanders, Frank’s nephew, 1989. Frank Sanders was certainly a friend of illustrator E.H. Shepard, but there is no reference to him by A.A. Milne that would confirm this private joke. > [@a35362](#): > > And you mean “lintel,” not “lentil.” I _love_ lentil soup, but I see what you mean. > [@a35362](#): > > How grand or silly do you want to be? Could you do something like “[your last name]wood” or Name House or Name Hall, or something that ties in with local history or geography in some way? I can handle as grand or silly as you can come up with! ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/17 "2006-06-21T17:02:15Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > You can also go for “la casa” and “la casita”. > > With that star, you could call your house El Cielo (heaven/sky) Those are definately in the running! El Cielo is romantic yet still masculine. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/18 "2006-06-21T17:03:29Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > You could name it Sue. Then you could tell people, “Me casa is Sue casa.” hehehe. I used to date a “Sue” until her husband objected. Wouldn’t work.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/19 "2006-06-21T17:27:37Z")
Puerta Estrella (“star gate”, fitting) Puerta Cielo (“heaven’s gate”, somewhat less fitting and loosely translated, but it sounds nice.) ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480/20 "2006-06-21T17:32:38Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Puerta Cielo (“heaven’s gate”, somewhat less fitting and loosely translated, but it sounds nice.) Nice. Should it be Puert_o_ Cielo so that the gender matches? No hablo espanol en mi casa. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-mi-casa/361480.md?page=2)