Joy wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

Oh, no, he doesn't ever get called that. It is a slang name in the UK
for a penis and it's not funny for a cat name and well you know it.
I like you less for this suggestion.
Is "John Thomas" considered vulgar or something? I mean, it's not out of
the realm of possibility that I might name a cat Willie or Dick or Peter
or
Johnson, even though those names all mean "penis" in the US. (OK, I doubt
I'd name a cat "Johnson". Probably not Dick either. ) But I wouldn't
name a cat, say, "Pr*ck", which has a much more vulgar connotation, not
to
mention it being an epithet. Poor kitty, it would be like you were
insulting
him every time you said his name!

I have a hard time believing that "John Thomas" is *that* rude - I mean
it
must be a pretty common name over there - but I defer to the UKers on
that
one.

Did you ever read "Lady Chatterley's Lover?" If so, you will know that
John Thomas means what I said before and it not a fit name for a cat.

Tweed

I used to know a young man (when I was also young) named John Thomas. I
believe there was also a fairly well-known opera or classical singer in the
U.S. by that name.

Joy


Here in the US there is nothing bad associated with the name. I know
several John Thomases. It is not an uncommon name. One of them is my Dr.
who I am going to see tomorrow. I can't wait to tell him what his name
means in the UK. He will laugh.

Bridget