<story><title>Only 37 dogs of each breed can have the same name</title><url>https://twitter.com/leftoblique/status/1139737041162272768</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>systemtrigger</author><text>This part:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  They&amp;#x27;re:
  Spot                 I
  Spot                II
  ...
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
is not quite correct. The AKC does not assign a number to the first one.&lt;p&gt;Open the Dog Name Check [1]. Pick a breed, enter a unique dog name, and the page will report it is available. Now pick a semi-unique combination (&amp;quot;Shih Tzu&amp;quot; + &amp;quot;King&amp;quot;) and the page will say &amp;quot;The name chosen has been used previously, but may be used with the following change: King XXXVII.&amp;quot; This implies the first person to pick &amp;quot;King&amp;quot; got &amp;quot;King&amp;quot; and the second person got &amp;quot;King II.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;One dog per breed can have the name Spot&amp;#x2F;King&amp;#x2F;etc. But the AKC is a rent-seeking monopoly and 6 Roman numerals is short enough to still appear somewhat exclusive.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apps.akc.org&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;reg&amp;#x2F;namecheck&amp;#x2F;index.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apps.akc.org&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;reg&amp;#x2F;namecheck&amp;#x2F;index.cfm&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Only 37 dogs of each breed can have the same name</title><url>https://twitter.com/leftoblique/status/1139737041162272768</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>function_seven</author><text>What problems would arise if they skipped numbers that exceed the 6 characters? Like, go from 37 to 39 (XXXIX). Then you have a solid run until you run into 78.&lt;p&gt;And 78 ought to be enough for anyone.</text></comment>