A Rose by Any Other Name

So while I was off globe-trotting (okay, East Coast-trotting) back in May, Sarge had a Nickname Game contest and we missed it. :(

The game was to list all the nicknames you've ever called your pet and then let your visitors comment and choose which ones they like best.

Something you may not know is that Bella has quite possibly the most nicknames of any dog ever and we really would have enjoyed participating in that event. So even though the contest ended a month ago and everybody's two favorite Basset Hounds (Fred and Gloria) won, we're game to play for a day anyway. ("A lot of alliteration from anxious" authors... Sorry, went away for a minute... I'm back now.)

Jan has a whopping two nicknames for Bella: "Littlest One" and "Kid". I believe "Littlest One" started because he used to call Beau "Little One" and Bella, being smaller, became "Littlest". Okay, makes sense.

Some of the nicknames I have for Bella I can't for the life of me explain. I just very seldom call her by her real name (unless I'm trying to get her to do something or, at the very least, acknowledge my existence.)

So here's the list. Leave a comment below and let me know your favorite.

Bella Boo Boo Boo Boo Bella Boop Booby-doop Booby-dooby-do (Sung to the tune of "Strangers in the Night". Yeah, I'm a little odd.) Duck (Wha?) Duckling (Really?) Sweetie Sweetie Pea Sweet Pea Punkin [sic deliberate] Punkin pie Bug

Princess Snoodles  Pupschkin (Sounds like Alexander Pushkin but with a "psch" instead of just "sh".) Pudding Pudding pop Munchkin Belladonna Bella Lugosi The crazy dog Scared-y pants Bella the wunder-pup Pupster Kid Kiddo

Any of these on your list? Which ones? Or, really, am I just losing it in my old age? Should I seek help? Let me know!

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