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@Leshaches
Odd hill indeed. I partially agree but I think it’s done without malice by most people who just like the name. That said, that’s not an excuse to avoid changing a potentially racist cultural habit, so it’s worth examining.
I think some dog owners don’t consider dogs as inferior beings in the way that would make it insulting to give them a foreign human name; I do understand how it could be offensive: Mohammed is a good example, or perhaps Jehova.
The slight knee jerk reaction it provokes is interesting because it appears there is a line somewhere, but it’s unclear where.