Dragons

thethinker42 · Mar 13, 2007

Ok, don't laugh...

I've often heard male dragons referred to as "drakes". What would their female counterparts be called?

Saanen · Mar 13, 2007

Hens. But I believe you have dragons confused with ducks.

I've always thought of drakes as a separate species of dragon-like animals. But there's nothing to stop you from making up your own terms.

Thump · Mar 13, 2007

Somehow "hen" removes the magic and awe of the dragon

As for Drakes... yes, I think "Duck!" which I'm sure many a peasant exclaimed when seeing one of 'em critters diving straight for 'em, nostrils smoking.

How about you just go and invent your own terms? Might be fun.

scarletpeaches · Mar 13, 2007

If I was still on speaking terms with My Mother the Whore of Babylon, I'd ask what people call her.

thethinker42 · Mar 13, 2007

Saanen said:
Hens. But I believe you have dragons confused with ducks.

I've always thought of drakes as a separate species of dragon-like animals. But there's nothing to stop you from making up your own terms.

Hmmm...I'd heard drake used to differentiate a male from a female in one book or another, but maybe that was just that author. I get sooooooo confuuuuuuuused. LOL

Fire-breathing ducks could be interesting.

"F*ck!"
"Duck!"
"F*cking Ducks!"
"DUCK!!!!"

thethinker42 · Mar 13, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
If I was still on speaking terms with My Mother the Whore of Babylon, I'd ask what people call her.

LMAO...ok, so I'll use "drakes" for males and "Nichola's mom" for females.

I knew there'd be a "your mom" joke in there somewhere...

scarletpeaches · Mar 13, 2007

Always remember. Boy-dragons have dinkles. Girl-dragons have ladygardens.

thethinker42 · Mar 13, 2007

Thump said:
How about you just go and invent your own terms? Might be fun.

That's what I do for most things, but figured if there was a "normal" way of referring to them, it'd be good to know. Doesn't mean I'd stick to it, but it never hurts to know what the common terminology is.

thethinker42 · Mar 13, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
Always remember. Boy-dragons have dinkles. Girl-dragons have ladygardens.

I'm going to name two of the dragons Dinkle and Ladygarden.

scarletpeaches · Mar 13, 2007

Yay!

Thump · Mar 13, 2007

I got some for you! "Chucks" for boys and "Jills" for girls!

smallthunder · Mar 13, 2007

Not to get all pendantic on you, but ... it depends on what type of dragon you're talking/writing about.

Your run-of-the-mill fire-breathing OCCIDENTAL dragon may very well be distinguished, gender-wise, by drakes and ... whatever.

But your clouds-and-water-related ORIENTAL dragon is entirely another matter.

MidnightMuse · Mar 13, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
If I was still on speaking terms with My Mother the Whore of Babylon, I'd ask what people call her.

Hang on . . . my stepmother is a dragon. I wonder if they're related?

Thump · Mar 13, 2007

And then there's water dragons. And Earth wyrm types too.

Dragons are not all the same you know! I hate you people who stereotype without knowing anything!

smallthunder · Mar 13, 2007

Thump said:
And then there's water dragons. And Earth wyrm types too.

Dragons are not all the same you know! I hate you people who stereotype without knowing anything!

Hear! Hear!

*sound of rolling thunder follows*

Parkinsonsd · Mar 13, 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names

There doesn't seem to be too much in the way of dragons, but alligators are cows and bulls. Hope this helps.

Thump · Mar 13, 2007

Parkinsonsd said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names

There doesn't seem to be too much in the way of dragons, but alligators are cows and bulls. Hope this helps.

I've seen several documentaries where they use those words for Dinosaurs too.

Yeah, I watch dino documentaries. It's the next best thing after a dragon after all.

Parkinsonsd · Mar 13, 2007

I thought Komodo Dragons were.

Thump · Mar 13, 2007

Bah... they're just trying to attract attention by usurping the name.

Parkinsonsd · Mar 13, 2007

Oh, yeah. That's right. My bad.

Billytwice · Mar 13, 2007

Over her most female dragons are MILs (mother-in-laws)

thethinker42 · Mar 13, 2007

smallthunder said:
Not to get all pendantic on you, but ... it depends on what type of dragon you're talking/writing about.

Your run-of-the-mill fire-breathing OCCIDENTAL dragon may very well be distinguished, gender-wise, by drakes and ... whatever.

But your clouds-and-water-related ORIENTAL dragon is entirely another matter.

Sorry, didn't specify...was referring to the former of the two.

thethinker42 · Mar 13, 2007

Billytwice said:
Over her most female dragons are MILs (mother-in-laws)

Amen!!!!!!!!!

Henceforth, male dragons are FIL's, females are MIL's.

scarletpeaches · Mar 13, 2007

When I was on speaking terms with my mother, and I would bump into her at the shops or someplace, I used to greet her with, "Where's George?"

frimble3 · Mar 18, 2007

BTW- 'drake' is occasionally used as a synonym for dragon, or dragonlike animal, and is from the Latin 'draco' meaning serpent or dragon.So 'draco' was probably mutated into the form for male dragon in some areas. Also an origin of 'Dracula'.

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