A Pair of Cat's Names

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.

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?

Thinking of English history, Lady Jane (Grey).

So the boy gets to be called John Thomas to match.

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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. 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?

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.
I like you less for this suggestion.

You refuse to get your tom neutered and he roams outside. We have spoken
about this before. Is this connected at all with the kittens you have at
the moment?

Tweed

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.

Joyce

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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

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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

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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.

But it was what Robert Heinlein named the _supposed_ protagonist of
his juvenile SF novel The Star Beast and not only that, the real
protagonist, JT's alien "pet" who turns out ot be a princess of a very
advanced alien race, has a hobby of "raising John Thomases." Heinlein
got all of that past an editor who obviously did not know English
slang as well as he did.

Will in New Haven

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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.

I suspect a lot of people would think it funny, rather than
"not fit". It's true I didn't know the slang connotation,
when I named my first cat "Peter" (it was my grandparents'
surname), but I doubt that would have stopped me.

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.

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"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