Personifying Possessions...

[Stiletto]

Do you guys think it is a little weird to give personal, identifying names to inanimate objects? Like how blues singer B.B. King names his guitar "Lucille", or how most World War II pilots named their own aircraft after people they knew back home.

Can it go as far as naming your own computer "Joe" or "Jane", or your favorite car "Bob"?

[Radical Dreamer]

Not particularly. XD My family has dubbed my old G3 Mac "Hugely Blue", affectionately "Hugely". XD I just call it a big, blue spaceship though. That seems to work just as well. XD

[Debitt]

I don't see anything strange about it. My laptop is named Heimdall, my cameras are Loki and Freyr, the iPod is Haruka...>.>;

I even talk to them sometimes. XD; Like "Dear Heimdall, stop crashing on me. >/". So no, nothing out of the ordinary to me.

[the_lizardqueen]

I think you're actually told to name your iPod when you first hook it up to a computer. At least I think that's why mine is named Lilo O_o

And my powerbook is named Silvy. I've never named my violin though, or my car. Seems to mostly be electronics that keep picking up names from me.

[KBMaster]

My printer's name is "earl". Earl gets yelled at a lot.

[ChristianKitsune]

Not only do I <name> My objects...but I even drew my new Wacom Tablet (which I dubbed Tabby or Tabitha) as if it were a humanoid robot...

My Computer's name is Lucea, or "Kitchan's Little Friend"

[Wind]

I named our Ford pickup Francis and my mom's car is midget

[the_lizardqueen]

My printer's name is "earl". Earl gets yelled at a lot.

The closest thing that my printer has to a name is 'I HATE YOU WHY WON'T YOU WORK IT'S 4:30 IN THE MORNING AND I HAVE A CRITIQUE IN LESS THAN FIVE HOURS IWANTTOSLEEP DIE!!!!!!!'

I think I need to work on my tendency towards printer-rage O_o

[Raiden no Kishi]

Let's see . . . I have . . .

Apple 15" G4 PowerBook named Mitsuki-chan
Apple 4GB iPod nano named raiPod
Used Nintendo DS [phat] named Yuuko
BC Rich NJ-series Warlock electric guitar named Lucrezia
Taylor acoustic/electric guitar named Serenade
As-of-yet-unnamed Dean Metalman V electric bass
Deceased [totaled] 1996 Buick Regal GS named the Blue Bomber

And that's it so far. I need to think of a suitable name for my bass.

.rai//

[Cognitive Gear]

Ok:

Computer: Compy

Car: Ambelina

DS Lite: Ophelia

I don't think it's strange at all. I'd name more of my stuff, except that I'm bad with names and would probably forget them. ;;>.>

[ninjaduckofdoom]

I named my Jeep Gabriel, and I know I named my Ipod...but I don't remeber what...

[rii namuras]

(I name my pens (not the inking ones - those die too quickly) - the colored one's are usually named the Japanese equivelant of their color, and the black ones are just conscripts in my "Army of Black Pens".)

(My DS Lite is named "Riina" after Tahiri Velia's Yuuzong Vong personality in Star Wars. I plan on modding her someday to give her a Vong-ish look.)

(My short-owned black 30gb iPod never officially got a name because I had him for all of a week (bought it, then ended up buying a refurbed 60gb), but while I had him I started calling him "Kuro-sama" and "Kuro-rin" and "Kuro-pon" and whichever of Kurogane's nicknames came to mind. I was planning on naming the white one that I have now Shiroi, but I decided to name him Fai D. Flowright instead because I called the other one Kurogane.)

[Fionn Fael]

[quote="Kokoro Daisuke"]I don't see anything strange about it. My laptop is named Heimdall, my cameras are Loki and Freyr, the iPod is Haruka...>.>]
Ah, into Norse mythology, are we? Yay! Me too! My Siberian Husky's name is Loki, and for good reason...

My truck's name is Big Red (even though I hate that brand of gum), and my brother's is named Black Betty. My brother also named my Wii after me. (It's named Bay, which is my nickname.) Oh, and my favorite blanket's name is Snowthing. He is light-blue with white snowflakes printed all over him. We both sleep in my bed every night, and I'm practically attached to him anytime I'm at home.

[mechana2015]

My laptop has no name... its like that cool nameless guy in the action movies.

My car is the blue banshee.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

This empty can of coke sitting on my desk is named Richard.

[Tenshi no Ai]

This empty can of coke sitting on my desk is named Richard.

It's just as werid sounding when people name their pets people names, like "Deborah the dog" (a real one I heard too, just sounds funny^^) Think it sounds even weirder if someone were to say "Yeah, Richard was good to the last drop".

[Phantasmagloria]

i named my MP4 player Biw-Black ipod wannabe.
Bat (softball)-Jonah
Glove-Paul
my fuzzy pillow-Rafiki
My Christmas tree-Raphael
my computer-Jacque

[Raiden no Kishi]

You forgot your brother, whom you named Ryan. ^_~

.rai//

[Radical Dreamer]

Think it sounds even weirder if someone were to say "Yeah, Richard was good to the last drop".

XDD That's actually really funny. It got a good laugh out of me, at least. XD

[Icarus]

The only thing I've given a human name (aside from stuffed animals) was my old Grand Am, Ha-Chan.

[DaughterOfZion]

my dad named our computer yo mamma

[Mega.EXE]

Well my Nintendo DS [phat as Rai would call it] has recently been dubbed - Bui (Bui is V, V for Victory!)
And my tennis racket is - Racketto no tameshii

[Angel37]

I don't think it's weird at all. Then again, I named my laptop Trixie...XD

[Dunedan]

Oh wow, I'm glad I'm not alone. A girl I knew used to do this all the time and I eventually startedd to do it... my electric guitar is Steve, the acoustic is Cecelia (acoustic guitars are girls), my tape dispenser at work is Old Reliable and protects me from women, and my machine at work is called Evangeline. The smaller one next to it is called The Saviour Machine. These are just a few of the many things I've named... some of them get a luittle wilder...

[Stiletto]

Wow, and I totally thought I was the only one who did this.

Anyways, I happen to have my computer named "Gordon" (of the Half Life fame). While I never got to name my old defunct iPaq pda, my Dell Axim is affectionately titled "Elmina" (after an anime character). My basketball "Fred" and I have spent many good years in the courts, but he's now retiring due to his physical condition - he's flat as a pancake...

[QtheQreater]

Computer: Compy

What a coincidence...mine too!

I mostly refer to it as "the compy", though. SBEmails have ruined my life.

I have an ipod named Dexter. At least, I think I'll leave it as Dexter. o.O

[Evangeline-San]

I dunno. I probably have alot of stuffed animals that have names but I don't think I ever named my mini mac. I just call it my Mac. lol
My guitar doesn't have a name...But it should. XD
Family cars are The Silver Bullet, and the Big Red Van, a.k.a the Possum Van. ^_^

[mitsuki lover]

People name inanimate objects for the same reason ships are always 'she'.

As far as it goes I haven't named anything aroud the house but there are a few
choice things I'd love to call the computer from time to time that are rather unprintable in English.Ah..wish I hadn't left my Klingon Dictionary in my other room!

[Aka-chan]

I don't see anything weird about it. A lot of my friends name their computers, and I've started naming my knives... ^__^ I figure, if you talk to it, why not name it?

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I've never done such a thing before.