The names of English houses often exploit the spelling system in novel ways. |
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Adenuf Allaown An-Y-Howe Beare Farm Belle Meade Broad Oke Bumble Bee Hall Byatube Byd-a-Wee Clotherholme Costaplenti Debbanus Dee Sevens Dneirf Dovecott Dunbakin Dunbowlin Dunchattan Dunroamin Dunwistairs (a bungalow) Emoh Ruo Faerie Cottage Forestgait |
Holme Wood Homeleigh Homesteyne House Hunny Pot Cottage Hylda Court Itlldo Jo-An Jochsanna Jondor Justinuff Karelean Kayandar Kosy Kot Kues Kumincyde Laurelsun Leycester Cottage Limpetts Llamedos Loosebeare Manor Mayditte Merrylee Myob |
Nygeane Ourome OwnTyme Pamlyn Pipits Posie Cottage Roblyn Rosery R'Place Steflyn Sunkist Sunnymeade Sylvan Dyke The Cote The Knut House The Olde Stable Thisldo Thym House Tran Cwlity Turet Cottage Tymperley UpWyke House Wi Wurrie |
Tips for christening a house |
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1. | Try for an ironic phrase in 'alternative' spelling: Ardgraft, Allaown, Kumincyde, Dunchattan |
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2. | Combine two first names: Jondor, Steflyn, Nygeane |
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3. | Use an antique-looking spelling: Faerie Cottage, Forestgait, Thym House, Sunnymeade |
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4. | Reverse the letters in a word: Dneirf, Emoh Ruo |
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5. | Respell an ordinary word: Merrylee, Hunny Pot Cottage, Beare Farm, The Knut House or just say how nice it is Cosy Cottage |
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6. | If you don't want to bother with spelling,
think of : |
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For a detailed, non-spelling, account of house-names
read: Joyce Miles Owls Hoot and the Web site House Name Heritage |
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For examples of house-name signs visit: housenameplate.co.uk thehousesignstudio housenames4u.com |