Meet Fred:
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| From Stuff With Thing |
Fred is my beloved laptop/notebook computer and she makes my life so very very much easier.
I chose to name her after Fred from Angel because they are both brunettes and they are both very smart.
Just before Christmas last year we purchased a portable DVD player which has proved to be incredibly useful over the difficult summer holiday period.
Meet ‘Little Fred’ .
And meet (L-R) Daddys Fred, Uncle Ds Fred and Uncle Ps Fred.
(apologies for the bad mobile phone photo)
A typical family gathering with my wonderful* in-laws, but it made me realise the importance of correctly naming an object. A simple nickname that I gave my laptop has morphed into being the name of all similar objects in Heidi’s world. Now that is alright and kind of cute at 4 years old, but what about when she is older, or when she talks to someone who doesn’t know that Fred = Laptop computer and that Little Fred is a portable DVD player?
* yes wonderful. They really are very nice people, I’m lucky in that respect.
5 responses so far ↓
SquiggleMum // June 29, 2009 at 9:53 am |
My laptop’s name is Blossom. Glad I’m not the only one so attached to my laptop that I have to name it
Mistress B // June 29, 2009 at 1:02 pm |
TJ did this with everything when he was a tot. That was nightmare to sort out!
corymbia // June 30, 2009 at 12:46 pm |
I wish I had a Fred….
Jayne // June 30, 2009 at 12:47 pm |
Maybe start explaining that only Mummy’s laptop is called Fred and other people usually call theirs “Laptop”.
Smiley Saturday « Stuff With Thing // October 18, 2009 at 9:11 am |
[...] Annie was enjoying all the fun activities on offer I was able to take my Fred into the parent room and get some much needed work [...]