# help naming a bed & breakfast **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846 "2013-12-08T20:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/41 "2013-12-09T02:55:18Z")
The Goose and the Gander (“Michi-gander,” geddit? 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/42 "2013-12-09T03:07:14Z")
Too bad it’s not in the Upper Peninsula. Have a Star Trek theme and call it the UPN ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/43 "2013-12-09T03:30:31Z")
The [Harrow Inn](http://www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk/galashiels/the-harrow-inn/restaurant/4091/#.UqU3dfRDs41) A nice Victorian ring to it, with a kind of modern vibe at the same time. Their Fed up and Drunk blog looks interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/44 "2013-12-09T03:39:47Z")
> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#): > > The [Harrow Inn](http://www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk/galashiels/the-harrow-inn/restaurant/4091/#.UqU3dfRDs41) > > A nice Victorian ring to it, with a kind of modern vibe at the same time. Their Fed up and Drunk blog looks interesting. Drunk?? The Quran forbids drinking! I’m starting to suspect you are not a true Ayatollah. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/45 "2013-12-09T03:54:25Z")
Tell me about it. I’ve had a hard time fitting in with my ilk, I must admit. But at the end of the day when me and my colleagues let out hair down and just sort of kick back in the compound, we snort Drano and drink boilermakers and watch dance workout videos just like regular folks! ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/46 "2013-12-09T04:04:16Z")
The Red ‘n Feckless Bed n’ Breakfast ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/47 "2013-12-09T04:12:03Z")
I alwaays thouhgt this would make a great name for a pub or b&b “The Peasant Pluckers Inn and Guesthouse” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/48 "2013-12-09T04:16:25Z")
> [@newhere](#): > > There are however corn fields just outside of town. Field of Dreams B&B > [@](#): > > You could also name it after the “voyageurs” - the original French explorers of Michigan. Auberge Alouette > [@](#): > > Or after an native Indian tribe. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Lodge > **[Michigan Indian Tribes and Languages](http://www.native-languages.org/michigan.htm)** > > Information on the Native American tribes of Michigan, > with maps, reservation addresses, classroom activities and recommended history books. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/49 "2013-12-09T04:52:43Z")
> [@Ayatollah Yawuntz](#): > > Tell me about it. I’ve had a hard time fitting in with my ilk, I must admit. But at the end of the day when me and my colleagues let out hair down and just sort of kick back in the compound, we snort Drano and drink boilermakers and watch dance workout videos just like regular folks! :dubious: Dubious face is dubious. OP, are you close enough to the UP you can expect people to get it if you name your B&B, ‘So Suomi’? ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/50 "2013-12-09T05:00:12Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > :dubious: > Dubious face is dubious. > > OP, are you close enough to the UP you can expect people to get it if you name your B&B, ‘So Suomi’? most people will try and correct the spelling… ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/51 "2013-12-09T14:51:35Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > most people will try and correct the spelling… Most Northern Michiganders are familiar w/ the Finnish word for Finland as there was a college there w/ the [same name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomi_College) for about a hundred years. ---
**Author:** ![newhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@newhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newhere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/52 "2013-12-09T21:30:50Z")
Thanks everyone, some really good ideas have been generated here! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/53 "2013-12-09T21:52:47Z")
How about playing off the Victorian gingerbread decorating your inn? The Gingerbread Inn The Gingerbread House B&B Now I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/54 "2013-12-10T01:10:57Z")
Don’t keep us in suspense, which ones are calling to you so far? ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/55 "2013-12-10T02:31:20Z")
The Pickwick Inn Pip’s Place Dickens’ Twist etc. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/56 "2013-12-10T02:42:37Z")
The Queen’s Rest If you use The Gingerbread Inn, you should find a killer gingerbread recipe and provide gingerbread to all your guests. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/57 "2013-12-10T03:00:33Z")
_ **Stop & Fuck** _? ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/58 "2013-12-10T03:13:09Z")
You could also include “mitten” (since Michigan is shaped like a mitten) or “blueberry” (since Michigan grows lots of them) in the name. I think _The Mitten House_ has a ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/59 "2013-12-10T03:14:33Z")
_Stop & Fuck?_ Apropos: [http://www.somass-motel.ca/](http://www.somass-motel.ca/) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/60 "2013-12-10T03:38:50Z")
[General advice](http://bandb.about.com/cs/runningarticles/ht/name_a_bandb.htm) on naming a B&B. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846.md?page=4)