All of my cars have been named, most recently Darcy the Audi(he looks snobby, but once you got inside he was a sweetie). Likewise, computers -- the most recent is Toke, because he's small, has a green lid, and everyone wants to hold him...
Stuffed animals do't count. They're not really inanimate.
I had a car that broke down all of the time when I was in college that we called Ubu after the king in the absurdist play. I even made a song about it, which we recorded - on a cassette tape.
Ubu The little car Ubu Where you are You're in the garage You're not in my house! Ubu ... Ubu. One day, you're going to go to jail Where cars go when they die, car hell! Ubu .... A hundred and forty dollars Ninety seven dollars A hundred and twenty dollars ... Ubu.
I've really never named a car or a phone or a computer or anything since, except for my ... nevermind.
I've always named things (or often, let them tell me their name). The current car is Tawny (for Tawny Madison of Galaxy Quest; she's a tan Nissan Quest minivan); my first guitar was Anne, after the Fair Witness in Stranger in a Strange Land, because I couldn't hide my skill or lack thereof from her; all my computers have been named after gods of magic or great mages (Myrddyn, Hecate, Mother Goose (the kids' machine)), etc.
Without a name, how can a thing have a soul? (And it's clear that things have personality, if not always souls.)
I have named all my computers. Georgia, who was received on Georgia O'Keeffe's birthday; Maria, who was received on the birthday of the Blessed Virgin; The Nutmeg of Consolation, named for one of the books in the Patrick O'Brien series; and my current Brigid, named for the Celtic firegoddess and patron of home and hearth. My laptop is called The Toybook, but she is probably going to be replaced soon. I name stuffies and cars. It just seems to be the right thing.
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Stuffed animals do't count. They're not really inanimate.
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Ubu
The little car
Ubu
Where you are
You're in the garage
You're not in my house!
Ubu ... Ubu.
One day, you're going to go to jail
Where cars go when they die, car hell!
Ubu ....
A hundred and forty dollars
Ninety seven dollars
A hundred and twenty dollars ...
Ubu.
I've really never named a car or a phone or a computer or anything since, except for my ... nevermind.
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Without a name, how can a thing have a soul? (And it's clear that things have personality, if not always souls.)
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My computer harddrives on my network all have names. But is a harddrive really inanimate? It has moving parts.
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I name stuffies and cars. It just seems to be the right thing.
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