Fabulous Valency has been checking out our blog and leaving comments lately. You should take a peek at her blog - www.fabulousvalency.blogspot.com. She found us by using the randomizer at the NaBloPoMo website and is one of the only reasons I keep trying to post daily because I know she is reading this blog, bless her heart.
Anyway, she wanted to know where we got the name Gobbledygook. Honestly, I just liked the word while Brett and I were brainstorming for a business name and he thought it suited us, too. It is just a fun, seldom-used word that I have always been fond of. Yeah, I know it means nonsense, but it is a solid word that makes me think of medieval villages and a time where people thought creatures that are similar to what we create truly existed.
Brett thinks I have a knack for names due to my constant reading and love of language. True, I am addicted to the printed word and dig trying out new lingo, but I don't fancy myself as having a talent. I do have a sister who occasionally tells me that I don't talk like a normal person, I use too many "fancy" words. Frankly, I don't see it, or rather hear it. Though I aware of it in my writing, usually when I concentrate on creating a passage that needs to have a certain tone.
When we are naming products we like to think of words that are associated with an aspect of the item. Winter Doodles looked liked something that kids would draw, kids doodle, and there you go. And Candy Keepers just sounds cooler than trick-or-treat bag, right? We try to each contribute to naming products, though I am rather particular. If a name doesn't sound right, I get a bit fussy and won't allow us to use it until all possible options have been evaluated. Then Brett gets irritated with me for being so picky, but what usually happens is that he likes the new name better, too. Though, I like it best when we both automatically agree on a name, like Brett's pick of Hasp for one of our Candy Keepers. It was pretty much a done deal when he suggested it.
Brett also wanted me to explain how my parents' dog got his name because he thinks it is a prime example of my name-giving talent. We were eating a family meal about 7 or 8 years ago, I think Thanksgiving dinner, when my younger sister and I started pestering our parents about getting another dog. I think I just wanted to play with a puppy because I didn't even live at home anymore. I told them to get the puppy and name him Artichoke, but we can call him Artie for short. They come home a day or two later with the tiniest chocolate lab pup I have ever seen. And what did they name him? Artichoke Jones (Jones is the nickname of a nickname that was given to me by one of my friends - long story). I think the name totally sold them and people always compliment on how original it is.
In closing, thanks Valency for giving me a post idea!
Tamera
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