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A Pair of Cat's Names
On May 2, 1:44 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote: Christina Websell wrote: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... wrote: Christina Websell wrote: It means what I said in the first place and is not a fit name for a male cat unless you want to make a fool of him. You are aware of this so I'm not sure why you suggested it to an American, who isn't. Maybe an American cat wouldn't mind, then? As smart as cats can be, I would not expect any cat to know or care what that name means. And even if they did know, cats are not cursed with human uptightness about body parts, so I doubt it would matter. So I wouldn't worry about the name's "fitness" for a cat. Especially considering, as we have been over the past couple of days of this thread, that quite a few *human* males sport that name! And if the cat DID know the meaning, it would probably add a certain swagger to his walk! (Especially if he were neutered, so his male ego needed bolstering.) I don't agree with naming pets with such names, neither do I like birds being taught to swear. They are innocent. It's a shame on us to insult them like this. IMO. So what? If it amuses the human, and the animal doesn't know the difference? (Not everyone defines "insult" as you do, you know.) You really should be less inclined to assume your own preferences are universal, and allow for different points of view. (I'm sure no cat, bird, dog, nor other pet gives a tinker's damn what humans choose to call it, or what that name means in "human-speak".)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I agree with Christina. I absolutely hate it when people name their cats vulgar words. It just isn't right. I always changed their names when cats come into the shelter like that--keeping with rhyme just in case the cat knows his name. "Booger" became "Sugar" and "Snot" became "Spot." (Not the least reason being, I thought a name like "Snot" might be off-putting to a potential adoptor) Sherry |
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"Sherry" wrote in message ups.com... On May 2, 1:44 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote: Christina Websell wrote: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... wrote: Christina Websell wrote: It means what I said in the first place and is not a fit name for a male cat unless you want to make a fool of him. You are aware of this so I'm not sure why you suggested it to an American, who isn't. Maybe an American cat wouldn't mind, then? As smart as cats can be, I would not expect any cat to know or care what that name means. And even if they did know, cats are not cursed with human uptightness about body parts, so I doubt it would matter. So I wouldn't worry about the name's "fitness" for a cat. Especially considering, as we have been over the past couple of days of this thread, that quite a few *human* males sport that name! And if the cat DID know the meaning, it would probably add a certain swagger to his walk! (Especially if he were neutered, so his male ego needed bolstering.) I don't agree with naming pets with such names, neither do I like birds being taught to swear. They are innocent. It's a shame on us to insult them like this. IMO. So what? If it amuses the human, and the animal doesn't know the difference? (Not everyone defines "insult" as you do, you know.) You really should be less inclined to assume your own preferences are universal, and allow for different points of view. (I'm sure no cat, bird, dog, nor other pet gives a tinker's damn what humans choose to call it, or what that name means in "human-speak".)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I agree with Christina. I absolutely hate it when people name their cats vulgar words. It just isn't right. I always changed their names when cats come into the shelter like that--keeping with rhyme just in case the cat knows his name. "Booger" became "Sugar" and "Snot" became "Spot." (Not the least reason being, I thought a name like "Snot" might be off-putting to a potential adoptor) Oh, thank goodness someone understands. Thanks, Sherry. Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message .. . Christina Websell wrote: I don't agree with naming pets with such names, neither do I like birds being taught to swear. They are innocent. It's a shame on us to insult them like this. IMO. Do you worry that some harm might come to the animal, as a result of the name or (in the case of a parrot) the swearing? That is, that someone would get hostile because of those things and take it out on the animal? I've never heard of any such incidents, but there are certainly some highly strung individuals who would not be hard to set off. But then in that case, I wouldn't want my animals anywhere near that person no matter what their names are. There are nutcases out there no matter what you do. Otherwise, I can't see what harm it does to the animal. A cat's dignity is not defined by a name given to it by a human. Now, falling off the windowsill, that's another matter. (Wash, wash, wash - I meant to do that!) You have not understood my point at all and it is too late at night here in Britain for me to have time to explain it It's my bedtime. Oh, I think we all "understand" your point - it's just that we a) consider it trivial and b) disagree with it! What a rude post. I don't consider it trivial at all. That's not to say most of us here do not! (Can't you find more important issues to crusade about?) Yes, cats have no idea what their name might mean. Would you call either of your girls something like "Big Tits" or the C word? No, but I wouldn't insist that such names were insulting to the cats - who couldn't care less, even if they understood the meanings of the terms. (Considering the behavior intact cats exhibit when in heat, they would probably heartily endorse such names, if they DID understand!) |
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Christina Websell wrote: "Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message ... That being said, I wouldn't have thought the original suggested penises to me - I know the term in that context, but it isn't common enough around here for that to be the first meaning I'd think of. The frequency of use of various slang expressions varies considerably from place to place. It's close to zero here for the one I suggested. I've never heard anyone in the UK use it and I've only met with it in D.H. Lawrence's novels (as I said, it was a literary allusion, and on top of a historical one at that). You know very well that if you ask anyone in the UK what it means they will say penis. Stop trying to wriggle out of being found out suggesting to someone in another country that it's a good name for a cat. Children, children, hasn't this idiotic "controversy" continued long enough? Who but "Tweed" really GIVES a damn????? |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Christina Websell wrote: Yes, cats have no idea what their name might mean. Would you call either of your girls something like "Big Tits" or the C word? No, but I wouldn't insist that such names were insulting to the cats - who couldn't care less, even if they understood the meanings of the terms. (Considering the behavior intact cats exhibit when in heat, they would probably heartily endorse such names, if they DID understand!) LOL, that's funny. I'm sure you're right. Non-humans don't share our prudish attitudes about the body, do they? That said, I admit that it would make me sad to see a cat named something that is insulting in our culture. I would *feel* like I'm insulting the cat whenever I said its name. Which is probably what Tweed has been getting at all along. However, I think it's important not to confuse one's own emotional reactions from the reality of the situation. If it made me unhappy to give a cat an insulting name (insulting from my perspective), then I wouldn't do it. But that doesn't mean it's morally wrong to do it, if someone else chose to do so. I mean, what if I wanted to make a positive statement about the body part in question by naming my cat after it? Would that be insulting to the cat? Intention is important, too. For that reason, if someone I didn't know were to name their cat, say, "Sh*thead", I would be alert to potential animal abuse or neglect, as such a name *might* (I emphasize "might", because it might not) indicate a nasty attitude toward the cat. I would be far more concerned about that than about the name itself. I guess what I'm saying is that just because something might *feel* wrong, that doesn't mean it *is* wrong. What a weird thread. But I like it. Joyce |
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Considering the behavior intact cats exhibit when in heat, they
would probably heartily endorse such names, if they DID understand!) I tried latching the catflap to keep Marblecake indoors with Splodge when she was in season. The result was that they both got out; I found the catflap split from side to side as if it had been given an almighty karate punch. Since Splodge has lived with that catflap a few years longer than Marblecake, I suspect her ladylike little paw did it. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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if someone I didn't know were to name their cat, say, "Sh*thead",
I would be alert to potential animal abuse or neglect, as such a name *might* (I emphasize "might", because it might not) indicate a nasty attitude toward the cat. I would be far more concerned about that than about the name itself. Like when a colleague of mine found a stray cat on his doorstep with a label on his collar saying "My name is ****face and I live on the motorway". It's hard to imagine how anybody could do that, I would guess the result of a relationship breakup. Happy ending anyway, my co-worker adopted the cat. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message ... That being said, I wouldn't have thought the original suggested penises to me - I know the term in that context, but it isn't common enough around here for that to be the first meaning I'd think of. The frequency of use of various slang expressions varies considerably from place to place. It's close to zero here for the one I suggested. I've never heard anyone in the UK use it and I've only met with it in D.H. Lawrence's novels (as I said, it was a literary allusion, and on top of a historical one at that). You know very well that if you ask anyone in the UK what it means they will say penis. Stop trying to wriggle out of being found out suggesting to someone in another country that it's a good name for a cat. Children, children, hasn't this idiotic "controversy" continued long enough? Who but "Tweed" really GIVES a damn????? OK. You don't get it. Once again you are not able to say so without being rude, Evelyn and now you add patronising. sigh |
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On Fri, 4 May 2007 20:13:58 -0400, Christina Websell wrote:
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message ... That being said, I wouldn't have thought the original suggested penises to me - I know the term in that context, but it isn't common enough around here for that to be the first meaning I'd think of. The frequency of use of various slang expressions varies considerably from place to place. It's close to zero here for the one I suggested. I've never heard anyone in the UK use it and I've only met with it in D.H. Lawrence's novels (as I said, it was a literary allusion, and on top of a historical one at that). You know very well that if you ask anyone in the UK what it means they will say penis. Stop trying to wriggle out of being found out suggesting to someone in another country that it's a good name for a cat. Children, children, hasn't this idiotic "controversy" continued long enough? Who but "Tweed" really GIVES a damn????? OK. You don't get it. Once again you are not able to say so without being rude, Evelyn and now you add patronising. sigh It's probably a cultural thing. In the US it *vaguely* means penis, but it's usually used jokingly, and frankly I don't see any reason to take it as anything more than a joke. To think of it as demeaning to an animal is somewhat absurd. I guess it has to do with the level of self-consciousness one has about one's body (or bodies in general) and sexual inuendo, which, in my mind, is almost always taken harmlessly as a joke. -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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On May 5, 8:49 am, wrote:
For that reason, if someone I didn't know were to name their cat, say, "Sh*thead", I would be alert to potential animal abuse or neglect, as such a name *might* (I emphasize "might", because it might not) indicate a nasty attitude toward the cat. I would be far more concerned about that than about the name itself. I guess what I'm saying is that just because something might *feel* wrong, that doesn't mean it *is* wrong. What a weird thread. But I like it. Joyce In that case you'd either be talking to a fan of "The Jerk" (where Steve Martin had a dog called "****head") or me, where our late lamented queen-o-the-household, Ted, rejoiced in being christened exactly that name. We didn't name her, but neither did we feel it necessary to change her name after she came to live with us. My mother's heart-cat, Psnott, was chistened Snot-pott because of a smudge on his nose that looked just like he needed to wipe it. We adjusted the spelling to Psnott because he was an expert at the silent "p"! (particularly later in life when his kidneys started to fail) An acquaintance called his cat "pussy licker", which didn't do much for me, but he got an enormous kick out of standing outside his worst- house-in-best-street hovel yelling for her. "Puss" didn't mind one bit and most of us who knew her called her by her abbreviated name. My aunt almost got away with calling her Alsation (German Shepherd) pup "wherdi", short for "where did he wee", but it mutated into Wombles via a long series of intermediate names. His canine companion was a very, very stout spaniel called "Supergirl", which emphasized exactly how super she wasn't (she wasn't a good match for the family). Really, our current batch of Spock, Persephone (Queen of the Underpants Gnomes) and Fox are really all very conventionally named by comparison! Tish |
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