House names again

[pegkerr]

You know you don't get the final word (the votes of my family members count the most) but I'm curious to get people's reactions.

[Poll #399026]

Comments

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

I am not sure how apt it would be for you, but I have always wanted to live in a house called Owlswick.

[cmpriest.livejournal.com]

i rather like the alliteration and simplicity of the first one.

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

I am very curious why you used "gray" with "gables" and "grey" with "havens"....

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

"Grey" is the spelling Tolkien used, and associates with "haven" in my mind (Grey Havens is from Lord of the Rings). Generally, "gray" is considered the North American spelling and "grey" the English spelling. "Gray Gables" is a spin/twist on the famous house "Green Gables" from the Lucy Maud Montgomery book Anne of Green Gables, which is set in Canada. So since that is set in North America, I associate the "gray" spelling with "gables."

[quiller77.livejournal.com]

Many Canadians still use the British spellings for a lot things. I always spell it "grey" -- "gray" simply doesn't look right.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Ah. Good point. Hadn't thought of that.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Well then, I'm using the "a" in "gray" to go along with the "a" in "gables."

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

I always spell it "grey" too, and I'm from Illinois. I just think it looks prettier. The "ay" seems so... obvious. I never realized there was a regional difference.

[aome.livejournal.com]

I would say either Gray Gables or Rivendell. Gray Havens is too ... sad. To me, anyway.

Is Rob a LotR fan, too?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Is Rob a LotR fan, too? Tepidly, I think. But of course, everyone is tepid when compared to me, I suppose.

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

My house was nicknamed Rivendell, so you can't use that! *chuckle* Okay, we don't own that house anymore, but an online friend named it that when they saw how many rooms we had, and it stuck.

Is yours really the last little homely house on the left?

[demarazare.livejournal.com]

Did anyone else in your family have suggestions?

Actually...

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

...I rather like "Last Homely House (and according to something I've read it's another name for Rivendell...)