Showing posts with label dog story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog story. Show all posts

Monday, November 30, 2009

KINGKING, The Story Behind The Name

In my very first blog entry, I wrote about my very special dog that I initially named "Luv" . A lot of people find it inappropriate for a dog's name, so I tried to check some doggie names that would somehow show how much I love this creature.
For the Visayans, especially the "Hiligaynons", the word "palangga", means love. Most siblings, couples and even unknown strangers are called as "Gà", a short term for "palangga", especially when a favor from the concerned person is in tow.
From this rootword, comes the variety of versions such as "langga", "langging", "gingging", and lot more funnier labels which I think my mom would win for her infamous "Langkingking".
She started mumbling "Langkingking" every time she'd play with my then month-old chubby cute nephew. And so, when I got my cute dog (although i would have to understand that not so many of you would neither find a street-dog to be cute, nor interesting) , and with tons of complaints from others for calling him "Luv", I named my buddy as "kingking"just before he turned 1 yr-old. I think he adapted to that moniker quite fast and loving it.
Kingking is now 2 yrs and 4 months continuously blessing me. Time flies rapidly that i could barely realize how he has developed to an adult male dog.
Here are some photos of him as he's growing up :




Recent update: Kingking has now fallen in love with our neighbor's "Ms. Brown".