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She had a thing for giving names. To things.
It was her personal nomenclature.
The house’s door was “Lettie”… for letting her inside the home.
The bed was “Sleeping Beauty” … for some very long dreams.
Her knife set she called “Sharpenado.” In it was “Sharpenado-The-First”, “Sharpenado-The-Second”, “Sharpenado-Junior”, and even “Sharpenado Senior” … the oldest of the bunch. Like her, it was retired and allowed to spend the rest of its dull days in the block.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Nomenclature in 76 words
Na'ama Yehuda 
What a sweet take on the prompt!
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🙂 Me glad you like … Keith noted that there may be a sort-of-not-so-sweet tone to it, and … I’m thinking … hmm … who knows … 😉
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I could see that…
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😀 I kind’a saw that, too, but I wasn’t going to press the issue with someone who has such an easy relationship with a block of knives … 😉
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There is that… Best leave her to her nomenclature and mind our own beezwax
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eeezatly …
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That’s captivating
I can’t help but wonder what tales “Sharpenado Senior” has to tell
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Yep … about doors to homes and “100 year sleeps” … 😉
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For some reason, I was expecting a sinister ending involving Sharpenado-the-Terminator or something!
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I’m thinking … all is possible … for we don’t know whose home the door lets her in through … and whether “sleeping beauty” denotes a VERY long sleep for someone … and … well … what box she’ll be spending the rest of HER life in … 😉
So … it is what we make it, perhaps … and your intuition of sinister possibilities may have some cause …
Though who knows … 😉
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And my first computer was Bessie (to remind me it was only a workhorse!). But now I have a phone called Sammy with too much personality (changing my words and giving me typos!!!)
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Yep. Quite a few of my ‘stuff’ have names. Because, well, they are part of my life and therefore prefer to have proper names. 🙂
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I understand that
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🙂
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Interesting twist on the prompt, Na’ama. The sign on my desk says, “Don’t name a pig you plan to eat.” I try not to name things, but the young folk see it all very differently. 🙂
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Ah, yeah, I am not planning on eating my computer (I think … 😉 ) so … for now all’s well … 😀
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Probably wise. 🙂
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I’m not computeriterrian 🙂
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I wonder how many people name their computer Lappy.
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Not me! 😉 (I do name mine, though, just not THAT!) 😀
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