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.

"John Charles Thomas" - and he was a great deal more than
"fairly" well known!