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Originally Posted by Vectis Hamstery
My first choice for a prefix was Wessex Hamstery (I'm in the Wessex area) but that name was already being used. I was a bit stumped until inspiration struck.
Vectis is the Roman name for the Isle of Wight, a place I spent many family holidays. Before my first trip as a young child, I imagined the Island as being somewhere near Antarctica and covered in snow, ice and penguins... Soon after starting to show hamsters I fell in love with black-eyed white Chinese hamsters and knew I wanted to work with them in future. With that aim in mind, I just had to name my hamstery after the Isle of 'White'!
It's only confused a couple of people who thought I was actually based on the Island. I pop over there often as my parents now live there.
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It's funny you say that but I thought I might like Wessex Hamstery too but when I checked the prefix list, I saw it had already been registered. Oddly enough, the one I was hoping to register after that was Aquae Sulis which is the Roman name for Bath. I even designed a logo for it but had to scrap all the proposed branding and website theming when I was advised to pick an alternate name.
I guess I was third time 'lucky' with Metallica.
