Name that House

[ThistleDown]

My folks home in Spain is called "dungraftin"

Your father was a plastic surgeon, was he?

[cessna152towser]

Around the Borders here only the larger and/or rural houses are named.
Mine is just plain number 27.

[Darkislander]

I live in a tower block which is named after Shakespere theatres. The 3 blocks in my area are Old Vic, Drury Lane and Sadlers Wells.

[Glen C]

Back in the early 1900's my grandfather built their summer home on the shores of Lake Michigan in Door county Wisconsin, and gave it a Scottish name of "Bide-A-Wee". When they felt it was getting a little to commercial there they built a new place in the 1920's deep in the northwoods and named it "Rendezvous". My grandmother was French and said it was her turn to name it. About 20 years ago the post office assigned a box number and named the road Scenic Drive. But the old name sign still hangs over the mail box next to the road.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I once received a letter simply addressed
Macmillan
Wicklow
Ireland

Given that I was the only one in the county it probably didn't pose too much of a puzzle to an Post.

[Spc. Scott]

Many of the houses along a lake near where I grew up were named. I dont think that the names were ever incorporated into the address of the house though.

I once received a letter simply addressed
Macmillan
Wicklow
Ireland

Given that I was the only one in the county it probably didn't pose too much of a puzzle to an Post.

Sort of a "me too"...
My grandmother once received a card from one of my cousins that was addressed
Grandma
RR1
Troy, PA

We could not believe that it had gotten there with no name or zip code.

[The Wizard of BC]

When Bobbie and I bought our house here in Victoria it had been known as "The Rockport Tourist Lodge" since 1959.

We decided to keep the name.

[Piper]

In a related vein, my bride and I participate in black powder "Rendezvous". Some of these encampments are fairly large, almost small, temporary villages. Several of the camps set up by longtime participants are named (Groundhog Lodge, No Name City, etc). We've finally come up with a name for our camp, but I need a bit of help from one of the Gaelic speakers on the forum. What would be the Gaelic for "Mousetrap Lodge (or House)"? The name came about from a process that didn't involve mice at all, but unfortunately, is not fodder for a family forum.

[Arlen]

It's actually very, very common for the housed to be named in Scotland. Even in the cities most actual houses, especially the older ones, will be named.
In Glasgow they often have the names carved on the sandstone gate pillars.

One thing that does amuse a lot of people in Scotland is when foreigners will ask for the Gaidhlig name of their own house which just happens to be called 'Little house.'
Well, wouldn't you know it but that's the literal translation of the Gaidhlig term for 'Toilet.'

[Phil]

The funniest house name I ever saw was in Glasgow (this is true), a bungalow on Paisley Road West at Cardonald, called "OORAIN". A translation for non-Glaswegians is "our own". They had obxiously paid off the mortgage and wanted everyone to know.