A Pair of Cat's Names

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

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I love these!

Joyce

On 27 Apr 2007 06:25:20 GMT, yodeled:

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

Break and Enter
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I love these!

Joyce


I often thought if I ever got two kittens together, I would like to
name them "Thing One" and "Thing Two."


Theresa
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Make Levees, Not War

wrote:
Rhonda wrote:

Panda and Squirrel.

Or "Moose and Squirrel". (That might not translate in Australia
though... this was from Rocky & Bullwinkle - another name pair, btw -
a US TV cartoon from the 1960s.)

Joyce

I know someone with cats named Moose and Squirrel

Jill

"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message
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Okay, I need a pair of cat's names. Two kittens, probably littermates,
about 3 months old. The boy is black/white, the girl is grey/white.
Thinking of English history, Lady Jane (Grey).
So the boy gets to be called John Thomas to match.
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.

More a literary allusion. D.H. Lawrence, look it up.

Oooohh. How patronising. Maybe I forgot, then, that I read it in Lady
Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence. Should I look it up again?
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.

Tweed

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!

Joyce

wrote in message
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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!


You don't seem to have grasped my point.
It's not that the cat cares or minds what his name is. It's a matter of
dignity. John Thomas is not a fit name for a cat. You might as well call
him "Pr**k here in the UK or whatever slang name you use for penis in the
USA. It's just not on.

Tweed

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:37:09 +1000, Flippy wrote:

Okay, I need a pair of cat's names. Two kittens, probably littermates, about
3 months old. The boy is black/white, the girl is grey/white. They belong to
my neighbor but tonight they are staying with me because I want to take them
for their vaccinations. (The neighbour wouldn't bother with this.) So, I
need temporary names for them when I take them to the animal hospital
tomorrow. Any ideas?

Flippy.


Jack ad Jill

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.)

Christina Websell wrote:

wrote in message
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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!



You don't seem to have grasped my point.
It's not that the cat cares or minds what his name is. It's a matter of
dignity. John Thomas is not a fit name for a cat. You might as well call
him "Pr**k here in the UK or whatever slang name you use for penis in the
USA. It's just not on.

IMO, the point is moot, anyway, since no one is likely to
summon a cat by "Here, John Thomas" - far more likely it
would be shortened to "Here, Tommy" in no time flat!

John Thomas is not a fit name for a cat. You might as well call
him "Pr**k here in the UK or whatever slang name you use for penis
in the USA. It's just not on.
IMO, the point is moot, anyway, since no one is likely to
summon a cat by "Here, John Thomas" - far more likely it
would be shortened to "Here, Tommy" in no time flat!

I know somebody who moved from Germany to Finland with her cat. She'd
named it something cute and meaningless in German, which happened to
be spectacularly obscene in Swedish (this was a Swedish-speaking part
of the country). And the cat would *not* come in unless you called it
loudly by its old name.

It is not a good idea to try annoying your local fundies by naming your
cat "Allah" or "Jesus Christ". Far too many people are likely to call
it.

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