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Subject: Name my new kitten? From: Morticia Date: 15 Oct 01 - 05:41 AM So, we got a foundling kitten from Bron at the weekend ( Llanstock 2).She found her on a rubbish tip and christened her Harry as the tip was called Potter's.However, when we got her her home we found we had trouble referring to her as Harry and worried she might get gender confusion.She is very tiny,tortoishell and grubby white ( she will insist on playing in the coal scuttle) and still has blue eyes.Any ideas before I take her to the vet for a check up and have to confess that she is un-named? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: The_one_and_only_Dai Date: 15 Oct 01 - 05:43 AM Atora (it's cooking fat) Ramekin (a small thing you put food in) Pyewackett (an imp's name from the cover of Mathew Hopkin's 'Ye Discouerie of Witches) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: alanww Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:04 AM What's wrong with Llanstock or is that too obvious? Here's a health to the company ... Alan |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: KingBrilliant Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:14 AM Ramekin's a brilliant name!!! Morticia you're right about the gender confusion problem. Hammerite's kittens are called Pots (Potsy) and Pans (Pansy). And despite the fact that Pots is tortoiseshell (all torts are female) and Pans is a failed ginger (most gingers are male) - we still managed to call the girl Potsy and the boy Pansy! It has had terrible effects. Poor Pansy is a complete wimp. While Potsy is a tom-boy, or would that be tom-tom? Anyways - my vote goes to Ramekin. Kris |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Whippet Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:46 AM I always thought 'Nigel' would be a good name |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: nutty Date: 15 Oct 01 - 07:05 AM How about KITKAT |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Deni Date: 15 Oct 01 - 07:12 AM What about Wednesday... ;) Cheers deni |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Fibula Mattock Date: 15 Oct 01 - 07:41 AM Schrodinger. He had a cat. Well, a theoretical one at least. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: The_one_and_only_Dai Date: 15 Oct 01 - 08:33 AM Ah, but the thing about Schrodinger's cat was that you couldn't know its colour and its name at the same time. Or something. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: wysiwyg Date: 15 Oct 01 - 08:44 AM MudCat? LOL-- MAX. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: dwditty Date: 15 Oct 01 - 08:51 AM You took my name Susan. Around here, any cat's name is Mud. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,jockmorris Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:00 AM All cats get called something like 'yergetoutofhereyoubastard' so no real need for a name:-) Katie would be good, as it sounds like she'll be constantly in trouble and we'll be hearing about what Katie did and what Katie did next. Whatever she gets called she's one lucky cat for finding a home with you. Scott |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Bat Goddess Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:03 AM Let's see, I've had cats named Tractor (when he purred, he sounded like someone plowing the back 40), Peppersass ("pepper sauce" - the name of the first engine on the Mt. Washington Cog Railway), Calliope (goddess of noise), and Inquiry (cuz his tail was usually in the shape of a question mark). Current cats include Mortimer (he came with that name), Banjo, Creamsicle and Sabine (she came with that name, too, along with her brother Griffin who's gone missing). Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Snuffy Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:05 AM Harry can be short for Harriet/Henrietta too as in Henrietta Lott. Wassail! V |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:38 AM Yagerroffoutovit is common.... I always wanted one called Edie as in Ediepus... Bast is good, but she might get delusions of grandeur. Hang on, she's a cat.... how can they not be grand?! How about Banwy? Or Hastings? (Oct 14th is the anniversary of the battle of Hastings... useless fact for the day....) Can't wait to meet her.... may be down sooner than you think! LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:46 AM My suggestions
Blood Borne Pathogene
PLEASE, keep these things in the MC e-mail and chat sections |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: The_one_and_only_Dai Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:55 AM What about gargoyle? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Morticia Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:57 AM Bugger me, Gargoyle, I could have sworn at the top of the page it says lyrics, forum and chat....and the thread title is pretty clear.....why open it?Unless you wanted a quick whine of course....in which case, glad to be of service.Thanks for the suggestions....I've fished her out of so many places she shouldn't be this morning, I'm inclining toward calling her Loki |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Oct 01 - 10:04 AM Loki is perfect! Gargoyle is pretty good too... I'm sure she will end up making a nuisance of herself somewhere! LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Gervase Date: 15 Oct 01 - 10:05 AM Sounds like she was lucky not to end up in the pot - so how's about "Kitten Tikka"? ...sorry, I'll get me coat!... |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Oct 01 - 10:09 AM Gervase, you missed a great weekend, hope yours was worth it! and yes, I'd get me coat if I were you.... As for Garg's suggestion of 'bio-hazard' or 'blood borne pathogene' I guess s/he's thinking of pigeons. They carry more diseases than your average sewer rat, and aren't really nice to cuddle.... sound familiar??? LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Rana@work Date: 15 Oct 01 - 10:36 AM What about Morticat
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Bert Date: 15 Oct 01 - 10:37 AM You can't name a cat properly without seeing it, if she plays in the coal scuttle, you might try Smudge or Coal'ole if they fit. Our cats are named Millennium, M&m and Tweedle Dummer. Each of them firmly refuses to answer to any name other than 'Here kitty, kitty, kitty'. When we had three dogs as well, the cats would also answer to any of the dog's names, as would the other two dogs, who also would answer to 'Here kitty, kitty, kitty'. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: The_one_and_only_Dai Date: 15 Oct 01 - 10:42 AM Never was a truer word spoken. Old Jethro would answer to ANYTHING one said with a similar cadence, such as 'scumbag', 'ratface' or 'abscess'. My current cat arrived with the name of 'Molly' and only responds to high-pitched squeaks. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Micca Date: 15 Oct 01 - 10:56 AM Bearing in mind the household in which she now resides, how about Mus (pronounced Muss to rhyme with Puss) as in Mus-cat de Beaume de Venise? because it is sweet and gives a little wine every now and then? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 15 Oct 01 - 11:31 AM I'm not a cat person but... My sister-in -law got a pair of sibling kittens and my nephews wanted to name them. They opted for Sharon and Tracy as they lived in Essex, but unfortunately these were the names of one of their neighbour's daughters so it was thought tactless so they came up with Black and Decker as one wasn't all black. Unfortunately, Black soon went to the great roadkill in the sky so everyone is puzzled how Decker got her name! RtS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Trevor Date: 15 Oct 01 - 11:34 AM I read somewhere that because kitties respond best to high pitched noises ('cos that's the kind of noise their prey makes) the best names for them have an 's' sound in them (eg Puss). So how about 'Ssssod off', or 'Sssuffering whatever that other word is in the cartoon', or Ssylvesster. Despite this, best name I heard for a cat was 'Edie' - get it? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: mooman Date: 15 Oct 01 - 11:38 AM How about "Kitspaw"? mooman |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: catspaw49 Date: 15 Oct 01 - 11:56 AM Kitspaw? Anyway.......I think they are all born with a piece of genetic information which allows all of them to understand one word....."Kitty." Like a dumbass, I figured an English cat ought to genetically respond to "Moggy" and since that isn't in common usage here, the cat would have a unique name AND respond to it. Dubious logic I admit, based on a piss por premise. So I name our Cornish Rex Moggy. Not only doesn't he respond well to Moggy (or kitty-kitty), he doesn't respond well to anything! He is in a complete daze most of the time, staring off into space, and spends the rest of his time trying to find the warmest place to sleep. He gets his full share BTW.....at least 18 hours a day. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: katlaughing Date: 15 Oct 01 - 12:29 PM Mortee, so glad you have her now!! Good for you! I had a little black female who used to get into everything as a kitten. I threatened to make her into Chop Suey and that instantly became her name. She turned into a very beautiful, matronly cat, but it still fit. Not only do they like the sibilance of esses, but also they seem to like "K's", so I singsong Kipling and it comes out Kip-a-ling-ling which he loves and Kelpie, which she loves. How about Mudpuddle? Kirke's Garde? Oh, one of my favourites was a calico I had whom I name Najuni, the j is soft, almost like an "sh." If I remember right it meant cat it Japanese or was just a name I liked.:-) I always thought Mariko from Shogun was a pretty name for a cat. I have a friend named that and she goes by the nickname "Mako" like the small sharks. How about MakoMudKat? LOL!! luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Mooh Date: 15 Oct 01 - 01:01 PM Shithead, because the neighbours will find it endearing when they hear you holler it from the back porch in the middle of the night during a raging blizzard. Baggage, do you detect baggage? Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: SINSULL Date: 15 Oct 01 - 01:20 PM I am partial to real names - I have a Lizzie, an Ed (actually Oedipus), an Alice, a Fred, and a Homey (don't ask but it does suit him). I wish I had known you were in the market for a kitten. Big Mick is now living with a little old lady who calls him Mickey Mantle. This little lady is very lucky to have found you. How about Cinders for Cinderella and her preference for coal? Eyes still blue? Frankie? (Old Blue Eyes and the song Frankie and Johnny?) Enjoy her, Morty. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: PeteBoom Date: 15 Oct 01 - 01:37 PM I agree with Snuffy - sticking with Harry as a diminutive of Harriette would work. OF course, around my abode, most cats are called "dog food" - at least as far as Rosie is concerned... (not that she's ever EATEN one. Grab, shake and throw over the 6 foot fence, absolutely - Eat? Nah... Although it HAS helped cut down on the ferral cat population in the neighborhood.) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: weepiper Date: 15 Oct 01 - 01:44 PM If you can't keep her out of the coal scuttle, how about 'Stoorie'? Scots for 'dusty,' but also used for something which is restless and rushes around stirring up dust, ie a child can be said to 'stoor about'. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: catspaw49 Date: 15 Oct 01 - 01:44 PM Moggy (mentioned above) has an Uncle, a champion no less, named Nuckinfutz. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: 53 Date: 15 Oct 01 - 01:55 PM how about pusso? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: John Hardly Date: 15 Oct 01 - 02:11 PM As of this August I am the proud father of a pair of torties. One name I almost couldn't resist (but did) was "Fender" because I could envision taking one of my "Fender extra heavy" tortoise shell picks, drilling it and having a ready-made name tag to hang about her neck. Her jewelry would be custom matched to her coat! by the way....she's turning out to BE an "extra heavy". |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: SINSULL Date: 15 Oct 01 - 02:18 PM Keep a close eye on her Mortie or you'll be calling her "Mom". My tiny kitten Alice surprised me and the vet. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST, I, hurricane Date: 15 Oct 01 - 02:50 PM Stella. That's what I named my dog just so I could have the fun of calling her in at night. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: John MacKenzie Date: 15 Oct 01 - 02:51 PM I'm sorry to be a wet blanket and a cat hater, but how about bird-killer, or vole strangler. It is an unfortunate fact that domestic cats kill thousands of song-birds every year, and I prefer the song of a thrush to the yowl of a cat.After this I don't think I've got time to get my coat before I duck and run for cover. Jock |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: katlaughing Date: 15 Oct 01 - 03:19 PM Giok, some of us agree and still love our cats and do not let them run out, except in enclosures. Mine have a "chicken coop" we built for them, outside our bedroom window. They love it and don't kill a thing!:-) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,Hille Date: 15 Oct 01 - 03:35 PM How about Lilith? The first woman and wife of Adam. She was created out of dust n dirt too and was so uppity with Adam (Like: "Why should I have to submit and lie beneath you when we were both created equal?" that early Biblical scholars had to come up with a new wife for him. (Then Lilith went off and bonked a load of fallen angels and gave rise to the race of Demons - or something like that...... prompt visit to the Vets then :) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,MudWeasel Date: 15 Oct 01 - 03:38 PM My brother has had three cats in the past few years.
The first he named "Bank Fraud" -MudWeasel |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Deda Date: 15 Oct 01 - 03:55 PM My cat is named Squimmy. She has long fur, no tail (lost it to a car accident before I got her), weighs 13 lbs, and waddles around like a fat 4-legged duck. My husband sometimes calls her Squidgy. A friend just got a kitten and named it Onion, after hearing someone boast of his new cat named Artichoke. Another friend has a huge old Tom cat (20 lbs) named Percy. My childhood cat was named FurryPurry. A later one was named Freezer, because she would begin a deep purr that reminded us of the whirring sound the Freezer made when its motor would kick in. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Jack the Sailor Date: 15 Oct 01 - 04:02 PM Capo Yes Capo the Cat. All animals should be named after guitar acessories. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: brid widder Date: 15 Oct 01 - 04:15 PM pustule! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Paul from Hull Date: 15 Oct 01 - 04:36 PM Well..trust YOU to lower the tone....Cuh! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 15 Oct 01 - 04:37 PM I'd say Mudcat too. Gargoyle is tempting, but not fair for a kitten. Wait till you adopt some beaten up old reprobate with a nasty temper, and use the name then. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Diva Date: 15 Oct 01 - 05:20 PM TC....for That Cat.....(I said CAT ) Diva |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,MudWeasel Date: 15 Oct 01 - 05:21 PM Sorry Jack, but I have to disagree. Unless you have written consent from the cat in question, you should NEVER capo a cat. It'll just piss the cat off, and lead to serious blood loss on your part. (Not unlike capo-ing a guitar into C# pisses off the fiddle player.) If you truly need to raise the pitch of your cat, I suggest helium. It's difficutl to pronounce, but I suggest you name the kitten "Kskskskrshrk" which is the sound a tin of catfood makes when you open it up. This is a sure way to make the cat come when called. -MudWeasel PS Paul from Hull. Capo-ing would raise the tone. If you wanted to lower the tone, you'd have to call the cat DADGAD. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Noreen Date: 15 Oct 01 - 05:42 PM Seefer. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Jeri Date: 15 Oct 01 - 05:47 PM No one's come up with the second obvious one: 'Scuttle'. Or 'Scuttlebutt'. 'ASHlley' might work, too. 'Sapphire' for the eyes, or 'Peridot' (aren't they blue), or 'Topaz' - there's a blue topaz. 'Tip'. What's a rubbish tip? I know what rubbish is, it's the tip part that has me confused. 'Bish" is sort of stretching things. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Noreen Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:01 PM tip=dump Peefer? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: katlaughing Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:21 PM peridots are green:-) Venus Envy? My 5 year old great-nephew, born and raised in Italy in his early years named his first cat after an Italian sweet pastry, I think it is: Canello. Thomasina, after one of my very fav Disney live people movie which took place in Scotland and had a good wise woman who lived in the woods and took care of broken critters. They all thoguht she was a *gasp* witch! Kittle is what our old orange tabby who tipped the scales at about 25 lbs came to. Most absurd thing, this huge male cat coming to "Here, Little Kittle!" His real name was Hawkeye.
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: twister Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:26 PM I alway loved Nero (crazy emperor of Roman Empire), Lucifer, and Griffilken for names of cats |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Paul from Hull Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:30 PM *LOL* Mudweasel! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:30 PM Basing a name on the colour of its eyes isn't really useful, as they are bound to change soon. Wait until you know if it's going to be a green eyed, yellow eyed or orange eyed one. Ceramin was an orange eyed cat. We named him after earwax, because that's what colour he was.... Shadow got called that because she followed me everywhere and you can't see her in the dark. I'd call it Notebook, because it's never where you thought it should be..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Mr Red Date: 15 Oct 01 - 06:31 PM We (ex-we, thank goodness) took in two grey foundlings which I promptly named Smokey and Fagash (UK for cigarette ash). Not popular names so after a few hilarious name pairs (refused) I got a bit cute & suggested we called the tom James and the queen Jesse. Success! till the penny dropped the next day! But by then it was too late. If you found the mog on a tip why not call her Mary - as in "Tip it up Mary, my fine daughter. Tip it up Mary if you can......" |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Bert Date: 15 Oct 01 - 07:03 PM Aha! how about renaming Gargoyle, we could call him 'kitty'. I suspect that really deep down there he's just a pussycat. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 15 Oct 01 - 07:03 PM I was singing this on the way back, and isn't it 'step it out Mary'? Tipper would be good though - something you hit a bodhrain with.... LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: SINSULL Date: 15 Oct 01 - 07:11 PM You hit a bodrhan with Al Gore's wife???? Why? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,MudWeasel Date: 15 Oct 01 - 07:36 PM Well, another music question that I can answer! Step it out Mary is a trad. ballad set in (Ireland I think). There's a slightly Americanized version called Step It Out Nancy, with a twist ending: The rich suitor upon find out he has competition, shoots said competition (a cowboy rather than a soldier in this version). Nancy shows up to the wedding with a heavy pistol and terminates the wealthy Bridegroom, for which the 12 good men of the jury refuse to convict her. Trust the Yanks to put a happy(?) ending on a good tragedy... Now's the time for Gargoyle to poke his head in and chew me out for discussing traditional music on a BS thread... I think you should name the cat "Weasel" after me. -MudWeasel
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 15 Oct 01 - 08:15 PM
That's what it already knows its name to be. damn it Where Are You?
Damn It Whatcha Cryin About?
DAMN IT What Did You Get Into Now!!
It is not worthy of the name Gargoyle!
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 15 Oct 01 - 08:41 PM Here at the vet clinic we've heard quite a few. I like to go through the computer and print out all the names. One of my favorites was Fartblossom. We called her Blossom for short. I choked the day the nun went on about what a nice name that was. I've also noticed that kids often name their pets after the latest Disney cartoon. Mustahfah (Sp?) from The Lion King was one I never could spell. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: mmm1a Date: 15 Oct 01 - 08:55 PM What about Hermione, Harry Potters friend . Would still be in keeping with the Harry Potter theme. mmm |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:03 PM THE NAMING OF CATS from the musical "CATS" music by Andrew LLoyd Webber words based on poems of T.S. Eliott The naming of cats is a difficult matter It isn't just one of your holiday games You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter When I tell you a cat must have three different names First of all, there's the name that the family use daily Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey All of them are sensible, everyday names But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular A name that's peculiar and more dignified Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular? Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum Names that never belong to more than one cat But above and beyond there's still one name left over And that is the name that you will never guess The name that no human research can discover But the cat himself knows and will never confess When you notice a cat in profound meditation The reason, I tell you, is always the same His mind is engaged in rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name His ineffable, effable, effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular name Name, name, name, name, name, name
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 15 Oct 01 - 09:05 PM typos: Lloyd and Eliot |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Bert Date: 16 Oct 01 - 12:23 AM Hey Garg, we had a pup named Dammit. A neighbor's kid came visiting once and when told the name of the dog, she said shyly "I'm not allowed to say that". The dog's name was "Darn it" from then on. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 16 Oct 01 - 12:36 AM Mary,Mary, bless your lovely soul for saving this non-musical thread, and for finding precisely the correct key signiture.
THANX |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: katlaughing Date: 16 Oct 01 - 12:40 AM Half-pint Then there's the old joke about the minister who finally makes it out to visit an old lady. She feeds him supper wich he reluctntly eats as the place is none too tidy. When he offers to stay and help with the dishes she says, no that they are nothing that a little soap and water can't take care of. Just as he drives off, he hears her holler from the front step, "Soap! Water!" At which a couple of dogs come running up, eager to help out with said dishes! My sister had a cat who was wicked about catching moles, even when she was little, so she got named "Mole Kitty" which got shortened to "Mo'kitty." |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Oct 01 - 02:50 AM See, despite slagging everyone off about non music threads, you still can't resist posting to it can you Garg! How about Hedwig then..... or Head Case..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Lyrical Lady Date: 16 Oct 01 - 02:51 AM mmm...how about "Mussette" or "Pussa" or "Tigress" or, or, or .... LL |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: KitKat Date: 16 Oct 01 - 04:38 AM Tortie's are special. I have known four: 2 were mine and the others belonged to a friend. They were all lovely. Their names were Tansy, Rowan, Tinker and Fruitbat. Any help? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Morticia Date: 16 Oct 01 - 05:34 AM Well, I took her to the vet where she got a clean bill of health, more or less.We've decided to stay with Loki, both for the MC connection and the fact that she truly is the incarnation of mischief....thanks for all your help. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,Souter Date: 16 Oct 01 - 06:18 AM I can't afford to spare a name, I have so many cats of my own, but if you like you can borrow one of their names. Some of these names are strays, not mine. Shadow; Dark Shadow; Freebie; Skinnybones; Tiger; Virtue; Allegra; Roberta; Sylvia; Silie; Ginger; Tansy; Emily Curtis; Cloudy; Kesse; Fiona; Tiamet; Creamer; Pumpkin; GreedyGut(now renamed Rosie); Black Cat; Elotaria; Blue; Baby; Butterball; Missy; Purrfect(now called Jazzy); Killer(this cat is the sweetest little thing, the name's a bit of a joke); Aoede; Mneme; Melete; Klingon; Dragon; Thunder; Dark Angel; Ghost and Shabbos. Like I said, they're not all mine. Hope this helps. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 16 Oct 01 - 07:10 AM "words based on poems of T.S. Eliot"
Well, in this case the words are wholly T.S Eliot's, no "based on"- and this site has the whole Book of Practical Cats |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Arnie Date: 16 Oct 01 - 07:13 AM This thread has attracted more hits than any other which says something about Mudcatters - maybe there's a link between people who like folk music and cat-lovers? Anyway, I got a female kitten last year from the local cat santuary and called her Meg, as I like the idea of referring to her as Meg the Mog! However, it seems to me that only the rattle of her Friskies hitting the food bowl will get her attention so any name is really only for my convenience - I couldn't just keep calling her 'the kitten'! My previous moggy was called 'Raggerty' which I nicked from a female folk duo who used to perform in the South East in the '70's - wonder what happened to them? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,Firecat Date: 16 Oct 01 - 07:25 AM You could always name her after me!! :-)
Seriously, though, you could call her Cica (Tsi-Tsa, Hungarian for kitten), Gato (Italian for cat), Kotyenok (Russian for kitten), Koshka (Russian for cat), Katze (German for cat), or Katzchen (German for kitten). |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Oct 01 - 07:42 AM Funny that, Firecat.... MudGuard and I were discussing that very same point last Friday - that in most languages cat is very similar or is the sound they make (Chinese, Mau-mau)...... Nice to see there is another Shadow around... now how about finding me a nice kitty, placid, female, spayed.... ready to fit into cat loving home where there is already a senior cat, who knows her place is on top..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: MudGuard Date: 16 Oct 01 - 07:42 AM Slight correction: it is Kätzchen (with an a-umlaut, not an a) What about the name Meeow? MudGuard (trying to protect his native language German) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Lyrical Lady Date: 16 Oct 01 - 12:19 PM My cat's name is Meeow-zer! He came to me as a wild tom and he is a BIG boy! I named him meeow-zer because of his very mournful and LOUD roar. I had him "fixed" and now he squeaks like a little kitten ... now I call him meow-meow! Poor thing! LL |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Ceridwen Date: 16 Oct 01 - 12:58 PM Lillepis. It's swedish (dialect) for 'Little cat'. I think is a sweet name. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: catspaw49 Date: 16 Oct 01 - 01:04 PM Well, that one's interesting as it's also what they do in the corner.........take a "lil piss." Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Ebbie Date: 16 Oct 01 - 01:07 PM Stella! Love it, Ihurricane. Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Skipjack K8 Date: 16 Oct 01 - 01:49 PM Reg? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: SINSULL Date: 16 Oct 01 - 04:42 PM Is the feminine of Cletus Cletoris? |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 16 Oct 01 - 04:59 PM That could be a bit awkward, standing in the garden in a Military town shouting 'Cletoris'..... specially if she has a small pink nose..... LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Paul from Hull Date: 16 Oct 01 - 05:02 PM *RALMAO* |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: GUEST,Claymore Date: 17 Oct 01 - 05:16 PM You could pass on a proud name from a noble member of his species; Genghis Khat, Mouse Murderer of the First Water, Nettle Flayer of Dogs, Reducer of the Avian, and Ruler of the Upper Barn of Equine, who reigned from 1979 to 1992 in Little Britain, Virginia. At 28 pounds, and blacker than your last breath, when he patrolled the barn, the Rottweiler followed in trace, and the crickets stopped chirping... |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Steve in Idaho Date: 17 Oct 01 - 06:01 PM Cletoris!!!! Oh Lord - about choked!! Then you could get Cletus to come down and breed it - teach it all kinds of nasty tricks - Steve |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: SharonA Date: 17 Oct 01 - 07:15 PM Haven't had a chance to read the whole thread, so maybe this was suggested already, but... Your mention of the kitten playing in the coal scuttle brought to mind Silas Marner and the foundling child Eppie: remember when he tried to punish her by shutting her in the coal hole, and she came out covered with soot and thinking it was a great game ("Eppie in de toal hole")? So my submission for a sooty foundling-kitten's name is Eppie (as I recall, in the story, it was short for Hepzibah). |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Gloredhel Date: 17 Oct 01 - 07:51 PM my kitty is cuddles, which is intended to be ironic. she can't stand being held. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Firecat Date: 18 Oct 01 - 05:51 PM I know about Katzchen having an umlaut. I just don't know how to do them! Firecat (A level German student) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: YOR Date: 18 Oct 01 - 11:55 PM White cat "Midnight" Black cat "Snowball" OK, use my cats name "Magic", and sometimes "Stupid Cat"! |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Snuffy Date: 19 Oct 01 - 08:34 AM Firecat, the codes are auml ouml uuml for small or Auml Ouml and Uuml for capital letters - in each case you put an 'and' sign (&) in front and a semi colon at the end with no spaces. ä ö ü Ä Ö Ü Or you could just write ae, oe or ue instead -Kaetzchen WassaiL! V |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Trevor Date: 19 Oct 01 - 08:51 AM I was walking in Hyde Park once and there was this elegant old lady calling 'Hercules, Hercules...'. I nearly fell over laughing when a minute Yorkie, complete with ribbons, appeared about of the bushes... |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: MudGuard Date: 19 Oct 01 - 08:54 AM Or do it the easy way, just use the ä-key on your keyboard as I use it on mine, or the ö-key or the ü-key. They also work with Shift and then give ÄÖÜ instead of äöü ;-) |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Snuffy Date: 19 Oct 01 - 09:28 AM We don't have ä, ö or ü keys on a British keyboard, Andreas. Where are they on a German keyboard? WassaiL! V |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: John MacKenzie Date: 19 Oct 01 - 11:56 AM Minge |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: UB Ed Date: 19 Oct 01 - 12:02 PM 100! Mittens |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: lady penelope Date: 20 Oct 01 - 05:55 AM Well, if I had got on earlier, my suggestion would have been FANG. Now there's something to shout in the garden! TTFN M'Lady P. |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: CharlieA Date: 20 Oct 01 - 07:26 AM Well our cat is called Malcolm (he's black my housemates sister named him after Malcolm X) but he's known to us as Fiend. Another of the cats i've known is called Death Magic but the grandmother gets upset if you use her full name rather than Magic. My parents old cat was named Snuck cos she snuck in and adopted them. Loki is a good name for a cat. Cxxx |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Matthew Edwards Date: 20 Oct 01 - 08:10 AM If I had a cat called Cletoris how would I be able to find it? BG* |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Liz the Squeak Date: 20 Oct 01 - 05:13 PM Matthew, you might have a lot of fun trying!!! LTS |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Linda Kelly Date: 21 Oct 01 - 05:50 AM Can't you call her something like 'Bring out your dead' or 'Plague' that would add a certain sophistication when you should you find yourself shouting it loudly on the doorstep one night.... |
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Subject: RE: Help: Name my new kitten? From: Matthew Edwards Date: 21 Oct 01 - 07:28 AM We will be upsetting Gargoyle again if we continue adding more messages here. May I suggest we all adjourn to a new thread The Naming of Cats. |
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