[Ads-l] cavoodles et al.

[Laurence Horn]

> On Sep 25, 2019, at 8:25 AM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> I suspect that many of these names are created by people who've never heard
> of such a standard and probably wouldn't care if they had.
> "-oodle" simply sounds a lot funnier than "pood-“.

Agreed. Plus if we took “poo-“ as the combining syllable (poobrador, poomeranian, poosky,..), it would remind potential owners of those little bags they’ll be needing to carry with them forever...
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> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 2:04 AM Dave Hause <dwhause at cablemo.net> wrote:
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>> Since hybrids are named with the father as the first of the combination,
>> why
>> don't we ever hear of the poodadors, the poodaliers, etc?
>> Dave Hause
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jonathan Lighter
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:55 AM
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: cavoodles et al.
>> 
>> Yahoo! News:
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>> "There are cavoodles (cavalier king charles spaniel/poodle), groodles
>> (golden retriever/ poodle) schnoodles (shnauser/poodle), and even roodles
>> (rottweiller/poodle)."--
>> 
>> Seems that the guy who created the labradoodle fears he's "created a
>> Frankenstein."
>> 
>> JL
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