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Old November 27th 04, 03:32 PM
Ken Phifer
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Is there a list on the internet showing the frequency with which
certain names are given to cats? Another way of saying this would be
relative popularity of cat names

thanks
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Old November 27th 04, 04:22 PM
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"Ken Phifer" wrote in message
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Is there a list on the internet showing the frequency with which
certain names are given to cats? Another way of saying this would be
relative popularity of cat names


Try

http://www.lostdogshome.org.au/cgi-b...es/default.asp

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Old November 28th 04, 03:43 AM
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"I.P.Freely" wrote in message
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"Ken Phifer" wrote in message
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Is there a list on the internet showing the frequency with which
certain names are given to cats? Another way of saying this would be
relative popularity of cat names


Try

http://www.lostdogshome.org.au/cgi-b...es/default.asp


I named my cat Samantha and then found out that a woman at work has a cat
with the same name. My sister named her two cats Puss and Boots. I felt
that there was something indecent about going outside and yelling "Puss"
repeatedly.


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Old November 28th 04, 04:30 AM
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the indecency is in your own mind.

"Mike Rhino" wrote in message
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"I.P.Freely" wrote in message
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"Ken Phifer" wrote in message
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Is there a list on the internet showing the frequency with which
certain names are given to cats? Another way of saying this would be
relative popularity of cat names


Try

http://www.lostdogshome.org.au/cgi-b...es/default.asp


I named my cat Samantha and then found out that a woman at work has a cat
with the same name. My sister named her two cats Puss and Boots. I felt
that there was something indecent about going outside and yelling "Puss"
repeatedly.




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Old November 28th 04, 10:18 AM
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That actually got me thinking. Where did the word "puss" come from?

Apparently it's from the French, which (I suppose depending on the gender)
has the double meaning of feline & genital. The things you learn on
usenet...

""But the use of pussy as a term of endearment argues against the vaginal
sense being generally known before late 19c., e.g.:""

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=37

I'd say use it with impunity. Your neighbours are unlikely to call the cops.


"Mike Rhino" wrote in message
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"I.P.Freely" wrote in message
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"Ken Phifer" wrote in message
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Is there a list on the internet showing the frequency with which
certain names are given to cats? Another way of saying this would be
relative popularity of cat names


Try

http://www.lostdogshome.org.au/cgi-b...es/default.asp


I named my cat Samantha and then found out that a woman at work has a cat
with the same name. My sister named her two cats Puss and Boots. I felt
that there was something indecent about going outside and yelling "Puss"
repeatedly.




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Old November 29th 04, 04:02 AM
Mike Rhino
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I also remember seeing puss used in old movies as a synonym for face.

"AC" wrote in message
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That actually got me thinking. Where did the word "puss" come from?

Apparently it's from the French, which (I suppose depending on the gender)
has the double meaning of feline & genital. The things you learn on
usenet...

""But the use of pussy as a term of endearment argues against the vaginal
sense being generally known before late 19c., e.g.:""

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=37

I'd say use it with impunity. Your neighbours are unlikely to call the

cops.


"Mike Rhino" wrote in message
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"I.P.Freely" wrote in message
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"Ken Phifer" wrote in message
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Is there a list on the internet showing the frequency with which
certain names are given to cats? Another way of saying this would be
relative popularity of cat names

Try

http://www.lostdogshome.org.au/cgi-b...es/default.asp


I named my cat Samantha and then found out that a woman at work has a

cat
with the same name. My sister named her two cats Puss and Boots. I

felt
that there was something indecent about going outside and yelling "Puss"
repeatedly.






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Old November 29th 04, 10:30 AM
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his
* money. Several years ago, however, Alvarez began listening to the
* speeches of Ross Perot, especially Perot's exaggerated [beat the drum
* of fear] warnings that the nation's savings and loan institutions
* were about to collapse. As a reult of mounting anxiety generated by
* the Texas businessman, Alvarez decided to move the nest egg from his
* savings and loan.
*
* He placed some of the money in a regular bank and hid the balance in
* small caches around the house.
*
* When the sky did not fall, when Ross Perot's predictions did not come
* true, Alvarez began slowly moving the cash in his house back into a
* bank. Partly because of his fear of a possible robbery, he chose to
* redeposit his money in relatively small amounts, $5000 or so at a time.
*
* While Alvarez had come to know Perot's gloomy predictions were off the
* mark, he did not know that the federal international government, in its
* hysteria about drugs, had persuaded Congress to greatly expand the
* government's


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Old December 1st 04, 03:47 AM
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true.. doesn't seem right to stand out yelling "puss".. hmm



"Mike Rhino" wrote in message
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"I.P.Freely" wrote in message
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"Ken Phifer" wrote in message
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Is there a list on the internet showing the frequency with which
certain names are given to cats? Another way of saying this would be
relative popularity of cat names


Try

http://www.lostdogshome.org.au/cgi-b...es/default.asp


I named my cat Samantha and then found out that a woman at work has a cat
with the same name. My sister named her two cats Puss and Boots. I felt
that there was something indecent about going outside and yelling "Puss"
repeatedly.




 




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