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Post by swl on May 8, 2009 17:33:19 GMT
We're struggling to come up with a name for our latest kitten. Can you help? She's a girl, but not a girly girl. Quite aggressive and a bit of a tomboy. Before you suggest Riotgrrl, can I point out she's not housetrained yet and shits in any and every box she can find.
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Post by motorist on May 8, 2009 18:34:24 GMT
Well, I've mentioned my kitty's names, but they also respond to "Gerroudovit" and "EI!!!" (ei is Finnish for no/not)
Okay, here's some suggestions:
Scotland Jesus or Satan /would love to hear you calling its name out at night ;D) Omega Prime Cthulhu Fhtagn Hastur Hastur Hastur K'rx'rkkkk the Destroyer Riot (it would be fun to say "Here, Riot, come get your nomnoms")
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on May 8, 2009 18:45:19 GMT
Claws. Waste of time naming cats really, they never do wot they are told anyway. AH
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Post by trubble on May 8, 2009 20:22:43 GMT
Can I just check that this is not a scam. I mean, if I say Cookie, will you be naming her Socks or what?
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Post by trubble on May 8, 2009 20:23:36 GMT
Pippi Longstocking.
Or Jo.
(Little Women)
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Post by rjpageuk on May 8, 2009 20:51:31 GMT
Karen says name it Charlie.
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Post by Patrick on May 8, 2009 21:49:01 GMT
It's fun to sometimes think of endearing but vaguely unsuitable names for cats. Something you might not necessarily want to shout out of the back door of an evening? "Grope" is my favourite!
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Post by housesparrow on May 9, 2009 5:59:56 GMT
We used to make wine, and when we brought our first kitten home she went straiht to the wine rack and began licking the leakage from the corks. She became "Dipso".
Your kitten. given time, will name herself. Perhaps she already has, but "shitbag" isn't very pretty.
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Post by Patrick on May 12, 2009 7:46:46 GMT
A thought this morning; Over the years I'd not have been surprised if some of ours hadn't ended up answering to "Well get out the bloody way then, Animal!!!!!"
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Post by swl on May 12, 2009 8:58:54 GMT
Actually, it's not set in stone yet, but we've started calling her "Trubble".
Pleeease don't be offended Trubs, it was my wife's suggestion and she didn't know there was someone I talk to on t'internet of that name. Thing is, it fits her so well. She's full of fun but isn't afraid to take on our two adult cats. Funniest of all is at feeding time when she bullies the other two out of the way to get the dish she wants then has this amazing growl that sounds like a tiger's in the room if the other's get too close.
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Post by rjpageuk on May 12, 2009 13:23:54 GMT
One of ours growls a lot when eating especially if it is something she enjoys, but you need to be a bit careful with that as cats are funny and often want their own space when feeding as it can be a stressful time for them.
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Post by trubble on May 12, 2009 18:11:40 GMT
Yeah, I've been at buffets that were like that.
swl, that's a good name for a cat, I am only offended that Mrs Swl is not sick to the back teeth of the name Trubble and sees me as a threat.
All kids and pets in the Trub-Clan have been named trubble at some stage in a 'hello, trouble, (sigh)' way.
I think I should change name to avoid confusion anyhow. Perhaps Kitty?
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Post by Patrick on May 13, 2009 1:37:54 GMT
Kittens! Mittens! Darn it - I've got to remind myself how it goes now! Three little kittens they lost their mittens, and they began to cry, "Oh mother dear, we sadly fear that we have lost our mittens." "What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens! Then you shall have no pie." "Meeow, meeow, meeow, now we shall have no pie." The three little kittens they found their mittens, And they began to cry, "Oh mother dear, see here, see here For we have found our mittens." "Put on your mittens, you silly kittens And you shall have some pie" "Meeow, meeow, meeow, Now let us have some pie." The three little kittens put on their mittens And soon ate up the pie, "Oh mother dear, we greatly fear That we have soiled our mittens." "What! soiled you mittens, you naughty kittens!" Then they began to cry, "Meeow, meeow, meeow" Then they began to sigh. The three little kittens they washed their mittens And hung them out to dry, "Oh mother dear, do you not hear That we have washed our mittens." "What! washed your mittens, you are good kittens." But I smell a rat close by, "Meeow, meeow, meeow" we smell a rat close by...
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Post by trubble on May 13, 2009 2:00:57 GMT
I am more of a literary kitten, a Beatrix Potter one.
Piffle, Piffle!, what are you doing up so late?
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Post by Patrick on May 13, 2009 2:01:03 GMT
It's not the, er, best Nursery Rhyme going, is it! The real thing:
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Post by housesparrow on May 14, 2009 7:08:52 GMT
My favourite Potter is the tale of the Roly Poly Pudding - the one where Tom Kitten disappears up a chimney and meets Samuel Whiskers. The best thing about it is that while Tom grows up frightened of anything bigger than a mouse, his sisters make a living as ratcatchers. .
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Post by gIant on May 15, 2009 17:59:38 GMT
I have a lovely book that someone once bought me called 'Cat Spells'. In there it states that you must know the temperament of the cat before naming them. For a female cat who is impetuous and daring it suggests the name of Zerah which is quite unusual.
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Post by trubble on May 15, 2009 18:26:28 GMT
Should we apply these systems to the naming of humans?
I think in some African countries there is a tradition of waiting to name a child according to its character. I didn't name my daughter for about 3 weeks. I have a friend who changed her daughter's name after 4 months.
Does a name influence a person at all, I wonder?
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