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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Name that Horse #13943 12/27/2000 10:55 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 4 Queensland,Australia zardoz stranger zardoz stranger Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 4 Queensland,Australia An associate asked me to suggest a suitable name for a horse. He would like something in a foreign language that perhaps suggests speed. Can anyone suggest something? Thankx, Darryl,Australia. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name that Horse #13944 12/28/2000 1:19 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 zardoz, what colour is the horse? Male or female? Vecteur vitesse / speed vector If he is black: éclipse Ouragan / hurricane Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name that Horse #13945 12/28/2000 2:52 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well, in music, presto is very fast, and prestissimo means the fastest tempo. However, those strike this Derby City gal as rather odd names for horses. "Tempo" doesn't sound bad, come to think of it! I once dated a Turk whose first name was Tufan. He told me it meant typhoon. There's also Tsunami as a possibility. Let us hear, hear? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Horse Mom & Dad #13946 12/28/2000 3:42 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Poster: zardoz Subject: Re: Name that Horse An associate asked me to suggest a suitable name for a horse. I thought the name of a horse had to, in some way, reflect the name of the Sire and Dam.... that not true Down Under? Off top of my head : Galloping Ghost, (white horse) Jet Stream, Comet, Meteor ... wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name that Horse #13947 12/28/2000 8:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK I once dated a Turk whose first name was Tufan. He told me it meant typhoon. Omigosh, Jackie, you have a past! And here I was thinking you'd married your high school sweetheart. Actually, the word 'tufan' is probably of Arabic/Persian origin. The only reason I say this is that toophan (as it is conventionally spelt in India) means a violent storm in Hindi/Urdu. For Sankritised Hindi, perhaps Sheegrataa will do - meaning 'with speed', or rapidity. For parodic 'pure' Hindi, try Lohapat gamini - 'iron-path traveller' (train). Laukar - 'quickly' or 'hurry' in Marathi. Vaaraa - 'wind' in Marathi. Hawa is the same thing in Hindi. Vajra (Sanskrit) - thunderbolt. For pronunciation, please note that in virtually all Indian languages there is no distinction between 'w' and 'v' - the sound is produced by the lips alone, without the upper teeth resting on the lower lip. (You will figure out that a similar 'confusion' therefore affects 'f', which sounds more like 'pph'.) cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name that Horse #13948 12/28/2000 1:29 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Kilat -- the Indonesian for lightning. Wasn't there a Greek storm monster called Typhon, who was the origin of typhoon? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name that Horse #13949 12/28/2000 6:34 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England You could, of course, be optimistic and call it "Pharlap" (if a galloper) or "Cardigan Bay" (if a trotter or pacer). But then it would need to have been born in New Zealand, wouldn't it? An Australian friend called his horse (not a race horse, just a hack) "Digeridoo" because it was always passing wind ... he would probably have called it Jetstream for the same reasons if it was a racer! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name that Horse #13950 12/28/2000 8:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "I've got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere, And there's a guy that says if the weather's clear: Can do, can do, this guy says the horse can do, If he says the horse can do, can do, can do." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... 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