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A Pair of Cat's Names
Kathy wrote:
I had never heard the term John Thomas being used to mean penis, but I'm in the US. Odd and unusual names are the norm over here...Our cat's name is Woodgie, because my daughter (not a little kid, BTW)says that is what you say when you tickle a kitten...So let's get over this one and change the subject to weird pet names? OK, how do you pronounce "Woodgie"? Do the oo's rhyme with "wood", or with "food"? One of my cats is named Smudge, but several years ago, a woman I knew who had Scottish accent would call her "Smoodge", with the oo's like the ones in "wood". So I sometimes call her "Smoodgie" or, by extension, "Smoodgie Woodgie". I had no idea that Woodgie was the official word to say when tickling a kitten! Joyce |
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A Pair of Cat's Names
I don't know if this would upset anyone here, but
when I discovered that Lily's birthday (April 21) was the same day as Hitler's, I went around the house for about a week calling her my little Miss Adolf Hitler. She never goes outside so I never had the need to call her that where anyone else would hear. Lily & her mama -- Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. "Tish" wrote in message oups.com... 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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Weird Pet Names
Ketzl's Dad wrote:
I also call Ketzl (which, some people think, is a weird enough name. I don't) I certainly don't. My grandmother always called me that. (Well, ketzela, since I was a girl.) She also just called me "kitten". But I never connected those two names as being the same word, because when I heard "ketzela", it sounded like "kettle" to me, so that's what I thought of. (And I never questioned why my grandmother would be calling me "kettle". ) Joyce |
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Ketzl's Dad wrote:
On Sat, 5 May 2007 14:55:56 -0400, wrote: (And I never questioned why my grandmother would be calling me "kettle". ) I'm sorry if I am repeating myself, here but your story brings to mind my wonderful very late Godmother, who used to greet me in her best Sicilian with "chi si bedd'", which translates to "you're so cute", more or less, but which sounds like "kiss a bed!" and I always wondered, but never asked her, why she wanted me to kiss a bed. Hee hee... the mysterious world of grown-ups. Joyce |
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Weird Pet Names
On 05 May 2007 19:13:29 GMT, yodeled:
Ketzl's Dad wrote: On Sat, 5 May 2007 14:55:56 -0400, wrote: (And I never questioned why my grandmother would be calling me "kettle". ) I'm sorry if I am repeating myself, here but your story brings to mind my wonderful very late Godmother, who used to greet me in her best Sicilian with "chi si bedd'", which translates to "you're so cute", more or less, but which sounds like "kiss a bed!" and I always wondered, but never asked her, why she wanted me to kiss a bed. Hee hee... the mysterious world of grown-ups. Joyce I remember distinctly when I was little thinking people were talking about an elephant named Gerald. It turned out to be Ella Fitzgerald. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War |
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On Sat, 5 May 2007 15:35:35 -0400, Kreisleriana wrote:
My grandma always used to say about "che faccia brut!" which means what an ugly face. But I never thought my grandma thought we were ugly. That's what I'm tawwkin' about! :-) -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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A Pair of Cat's Names
Irulan kirjoitti:
I don't know if this would upset anyone here, but when I discovered that Lily's birthday (April 21) was the same day as Hitler's, I went around the house for about a week calling her my little Miss Adolf Hitler. She never goes outside so I never had the need to call her that where anyone else would hear. Lily & her mama Actually, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, not April 21. I know this because my dad's born on April 21 too, is half German and used to live in what back then was Germany, but now belongs to Poland. -- Christine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 |
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A Pair of Cat's Names
Christine K. wrote:
Irulan kirjoitti: I don't know if this would upset anyone here, but when I discovered that Lily's birthday (April 21) was the same day as Hitler's, I went around the house for about a week calling her my little Miss Adolf Hitler. Actually, Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, not April 21. I know this because my dad's born on April 21 too, is half German and used to live in what back then was Germany, but now belongs to Poland. Well, if you think it's bad to share a birthday with Hitler, I recently took a Stupid Internet Quiz (TM) called "Which Famous Leader Are You?", and I came out as Adoph Hitler. Other people who took the test were like Gandhi and Abe Lincoln and Einstein, and I'm Hitler?? When someone else posted that their result was Saddam Hussein, I felt much better. In case you have a burning need to know which famous leader you a http://similarminds.com/leader.html Joyce |
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