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Your Cat's Names
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting stories about how they came up with the names of their pets. I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series "Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the name sometimes, too! Rob Riemensnyder www.RobRiemensnyder.com Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now! |
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Smokey - because she's grey
Tennessee Tuxedo - because he's black with a white 'bow tie' at his 'purr box' and a white 'cummerbund spot on his belly Ivy - because she was born a feral, and was caught in a patch of poison ivy Lizzie - because she's a haughty regal cat (Lizzie is short for Queen Elizabeth) Weeble - because he was only a day or two old (no teeth, eyes not open and ears were tiny flaps on the side of his head) when I found him, and he would 'walk' around looking for food (formula) and he was all weebly-wobbly (his head was a bit heavy for him, and he almost ended up doing handstands resting on his nose) -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message ... The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting stories about how they came up with the names of their pets. I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series "Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the name sometimes, too! Rob Riemensnyder www.RobRiemensnyder.com Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now! |
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Smokey - because she's grey
Tennessee Tuxedo - because he's black with a white 'bow tie' at his 'purr box' and a white 'cummerbund spot on his belly Ivy - because she was born a feral, and was caught in a patch of poison ivy Lizzie - because she's a haughty regal cat (Lizzie is short for Queen Elizabeth) Weeble - because he was only a day or two old (no teeth, eyes not open and ears were tiny flaps on the side of his head) when I found him, and he would 'walk' around looking for food (formula) and he was all weebly-wobbly (his head was a bit heavy for him, and he almost ended up doing handstands resting on his nose) -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Rob Riemensnyder" wrote in message ... The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting stories about how they came up with the names of their pets. I'm a TV freak so my cats' names are all from TV shows. Ned, my eleven year old black and white panda-esque cat, was named after a character on the soap "General Hospital". My "middle" cat, eight year old Otto, was named after a character from the British comedy series "Allo Allo". My youngest kitty, one year old Anya, was named after a demon from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"... and certainly lives up to the name sometimes, too! Rob Riemensnyder www.RobRiemensnyder.com Stop by and vote in the latest Poll of the Moment! Who do YOU think was the most annoying TV personality of the 2003-2004 television season? Was it the cast of "Friends"? Cocky "American Idol" hopeful Fantasia Borrino? Maybe it was "Boston" Rob? Vote now! |
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Rob Riemensnyder wrote:
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting stories about how they came up with the names of their pets. (snip) Persia named herself, basically. She demanded to be let inside my apartment one cold January night in the year 2001. I didn't intend to have a cat, but couldn't do anything but fall in love with her after she decided to enslave me. After a couple of days I realized I couldn't just keep calling her "cat". So I was looking at her one afternoon as she was sauntering oh so casually and smoothly away from me, wondering what should I call her. Suddenly it popped into my head - Persia! I said this out loud. She immediately turned around and ran back to me - "YES?" I was astounded. She's answered to it ever since. Jill |
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Rob Riemensnyder wrote:
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting stories about how they came up with the names of their pets. (snip) Persia named herself, basically. She demanded to be let inside my apartment one cold January night in the year 2001. I didn't intend to have a cat, but couldn't do anything but fall in love with her after she decided to enslave me. After a couple of days I realized I couldn't just keep calling her "cat". So I was looking at her one afternoon as she was sauntering oh so casually and smoothly away from me, wondering what should I call her. Suddenly it popped into my head - Persia! I said this out loud. She immediately turned around and ran back to me - "YES?" I was astounded. She's answered to it ever since. Jill |
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"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:
Weeble - because he was only a day or two old (no teeth, eyes not open and ears were tiny flaps on the side of his head) when I found him, and he would 'walk' around looking for food (formula) and he was all weebly-wobbly (his head was a bit heavy for him, and he almost ended up doing handstands resting on his nose) Was he kind of like those toy punching bags that were weighted at the bottom? (Except that he was weighted at the top, LOL.) I've always wondered what the story was behind his name! I was going to name Roxy "Roswell" because she looked like a space alien as a kitten, with her pointy little face and huge eyes. From that, I started calling her "Rozzy", because the kitty *must* have a nickname! But I didn't like "Rozzy", so that soon became "Roxy". I liked Roxy so much that I just dropped the Roswell. And I'm glad I did, because before long, her face started to fill out, and she stopped looking like an alien. (Which is not to say that she has stopped *being* an alien - her disguise is just better now!) Joyce |
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"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:
Weeble - because he was only a day or two old (no teeth, eyes not open and ears were tiny flaps on the side of his head) when I found him, and he would 'walk' around looking for food (formula) and he was all weebly-wobbly (his head was a bit heavy for him, and he almost ended up doing handstands resting on his nose) Was he kind of like those toy punching bags that were weighted at the bottom? (Except that he was weighted at the top, LOL.) I've always wondered what the story was behind his name! I was going to name Roxy "Roswell" because she looked like a space alien as a kitten, with her pointy little face and huge eyes. From that, I started calling her "Rozzy", because the kitty *must* have a nickname! But I didn't like "Rozzy", so that soon became "Roxy". I liked Roxy so much that I just dropped the Roswell. And I'm glad I did, because before long, her face started to fill out, and she stopped looking like an alien. (Which is not to say that she has stopped *being* an alien - her disguise is just better now!) Joyce |
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Wel, I can't really take much credit for naming my crew, as the
upstairs neighbor, long since moved away, named two out of three. She named the scrawny little pregnant cat which was coming to my outdoor feeding station for neighborhood cats Little Bit. I assume she had owners (she had a flea collar), but none were ever found, so guess she had gotten lost or abandoned. LB graduated from ocassional diner at the food bowl, to temporary resident (as long as she didn't bother my cockatiels) when there was a bad ice storm. The idea being that once it warmed up she would be going back outside. She had her litter before it warmed up, so of course she had to stay until they were old enough and found homes. By the time the kittens were old enough, she had convinced me she had no interest in cockatiels, and that I needed some cats. On a side note, I doubt that LB would be named that today, since despite being spayed 3 years ago people just meeting her sometimes ask if she's pregnant ;-) The neighbor met the kittens that day after they were born, and gave them their names (after all, at that time I wasn't planning on keeping LB or any of the kittens. Sammy was originally going to be given to the neighbor, but her older cat, Pumpkin, hated the idea of sharing the apartment with a newcomer. By the time the kittens were old to go to their new homes, Sammy was my favorite and had convinced me that I needed to keep her as well as her mom. Rocky is the only one who I can take credit for naming. He was feral, and a long time visitor to my patio cat cafe. For the longest time all I saw of him was his white tail vanishing over the fence. So his first name was Whitey. Eventually he was tame enough that I was able to catch him (he'd been trapped once by a different neighbor who was trying to trap a neighborhood possum, and after that would not get near a trap). I hauled him off to be neutered and planned to rehome him with a friend as a barn cat. But, while recovering from the surgery he convinced me that his wild days were over, and I ended up keeping him. He was named after Rocky Balboa, from the Rocky movies, since he seemed kind of dim-witted and had the street scars of a tom cat living on the streets for 6-8 years (as estimated by the vet). I've since learned that he's not nearly as dumb as he likes to act, no real surprise considering he survived as long as he did feral. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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Wel, I can't really take much credit for naming my crew, as the
upstairs neighbor, long since moved away, named two out of three. She named the scrawny little pregnant cat which was coming to my outdoor feeding station for neighborhood cats Little Bit. I assume she had owners (she had a flea collar), but none were ever found, so guess she had gotten lost or abandoned. LB graduated from ocassional diner at the food bowl, to temporary resident (as long as she didn't bother my cockatiels) when there was a bad ice storm. The idea being that once it warmed up she would be going back outside. She had her litter before it warmed up, so of course she had to stay until they were old enough and found homes. By the time the kittens were old enough, she had convinced me she had no interest in cockatiels, and that I needed some cats. On a side note, I doubt that LB would be named that today, since despite being spayed 3 years ago people just meeting her sometimes ask if she's pregnant ;-) The neighbor met the kittens that day after they were born, and gave them their names (after all, at that time I wasn't planning on keeping LB or any of the kittens. Sammy was originally going to be given to the neighbor, but her older cat, Pumpkin, hated the idea of sharing the apartment with a newcomer. By the time the kittens were old to go to their new homes, Sammy was my favorite and had convinced me that I needed to keep her as well as her mom. Rocky is the only one who I can take credit for naming. He was feral, and a long time visitor to my patio cat cafe. For the longest time all I saw of him was his white tail vanishing over the fence. So his first name was Whitey. Eventually he was tame enough that I was able to catch him (he'd been trapped once by a different neighbor who was trying to trap a neighborhood possum, and after that would not get near a trap). I hauled him off to be neutered and planned to rehome him with a friend as a barn cat. But, while recovering from the surgery he convinced me that his wild days were over, and I ended up keeping him. He was named after Rocky Balboa, from the Rocky movies, since he seemed kind of dim-witted and had the street scars of a tom cat living on the streets for 6-8 years (as estimated by the vet). I've since learned that he's not nearly as dumb as he likes to act, no real surprise considering he survived as long as he did feral. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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Rob Riemensnyder wrote:
The names that we choose for our pets all have different meanings and origins. I was just looking to see if anyone had any interesting stories about how they came up with the names of their pets. Laku is solid (brownish-)black and "laku" is (an abbreviated form of) the Finnish word for licorice. Pics of Laku in the addy in my sig. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 Laku: DS B G 4.11 Y L W C+ I+++ T++/- A+ E H+ S+ V++ F Q+ P- B PA PL |
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