# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/61 "2013-12-10T03:59:02Z")
Bed, Bread and Beyond ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/62 "2013-12-10T04:17:54Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > 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. Did not know that, must add Michigan to my list of places to visit. ---
**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 10, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/63 "2013-12-10T04:48:23Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Did not know that, must add Michigan to my list of places to visit. There’s a [Finnish summer campground](http://www.finncamp.org/blog/) the other side of the lake where I grew up. Moilanens and Saarinens as far as the eye could see… ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/64 "2013-12-10T05:28:07Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > There’s a [Finnish summer campground](http://www.finncamp.org/blog/) the other side of the lake where I grew up. Moilanens and Saarinens as far as the eye could see… That’s awesome! Not too many Finns in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/65 "2013-12-10T05:46:15Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > That’s awesome! Not too many Finns in Australia. There might be more than you think. An ex-boyfriend of mine had a Finnish mother who emigrated here at the height of the White Australia policy. Being prominently fair skinned, blue eyed and blonde, they were being offered sweeteners to encourage them to emigrate. She had lots of Finnish friends who came here in the same era. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/66 "2013-12-10T07:00:36Z")
Bunk and buffet Cot and coffee Bunk and bagel Lounge and lunch Couch and croissants Edibles and bed-ables Nap and nosh Nutritious nest Sleep, shower, shit, shave…and supper Bedtime for bonbons Snack ‘n’ shack ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/67 "2013-12-10T07:18:16Z")
> [@newhere](#): > > I personally lean more towards **Steampunk** than true anachronism and I collect oddities and “interestings”. The Bronze and Brass Nights By Gaslight The Imperial Hostelry The Lodger’s Resting House ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/68 "2013-12-10T08:27:30Z")
> [@newhere](#): > > The utter dearth of nearby features to name after has had me stumped So don’t try to use geographic features in the name, or your advertizing. > [@](#): > > My clientele will, I think, be mostly the friends and family of locals and not so much the tourist trade. So why not go personal? Use your real name! It’s right there on the mailbox anyway…so just make the letters bigger 🙂 “The Smith Family B & B”–family hospitality, featuring Mrs. Smith’s pancake breakfasts, and Fluffy the poodle on the porch. The advantage you can offer(as opposed to the Motel 6 out on the highway) is the personal touch… Also, a personal name sticks in the memory–a generic name, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/69 "2013-12-10T09:18:08Z")
Maybe make up something completely ridiculous and meaningless. The Quasi-Centralised Unintentional Make-And-Do Bazaar ---
**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 10, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/70 "2013-12-10T21:59:45Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > White Australia policy… I’m not going to like what I read about this, am I? ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846/71 "2013-12-10T22:31:37Z")
> [@newhere](#): > > “A Step Back in Time” would be an accurate summation. (And yes I’ve already shot that down as a name for being too long and clunky). [Beatie Bow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_Beatie_Bow) perhaps. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-naming-a-bed-breakfast/675846.md?page=3)