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05 May 2007
kitty!kitty!kitty! Help me think of names for a kitten.→[More:] Lulu and Porkchop have already been voted out.
Right now i am voting for Mowgi.
For reasons I don't fully understand, I always want to name pets against type. Small furry things bring to mind names like Spike, Duke, Lucky, Buster, Mac (Mack), Arnold, King, Max, Prince, Bruiser, Ace, Gus, Dan, Attila, Barney, Custer, Rock, Wes, Beau (or Bo), Cash, Elmer, Fitz, Chief, Chip, Frank (for some reason, a kitten named Frank would especially crack me up!), Winston, Ned, Hulk, Jethro, Wallace, Bert (Burt), Gomer, Hank, Ozzie, Neptune, Chase, Fang, Rover, Rubin, Neal, Rufus, Rover, Rusty, Rex, Scooter, Scout, Sherlock (particular if the pet is kinda slow), Slugger, Jumbo, T-Bone, Jake, Tex, Ulysses (but it never gets spelled right in a vet's office), Woody, and Voltaire all come to mind.
And I had a goldfish named Oscar, and an oscar named Molly, when I was a kid.
For some reason I like human names (esp. old fashioned New England-y human names) for kitties -- e.g. Alice, Frank, Alden, Frances, Lizzie, Harriet, Violet, Priscilla, Martha, etc.
Bosco, Zerbina, Rocket, Lump (or Lumpy), Floyd, Otis, Malvina, Iris... there's lots of good choices.
Me, just because I'm tired enough, I'd probably go for Lal. I'm told that it's Sanskrit for "beloved", so it's got that going for it. Also, you could then legitimately have a lalcat with you at all times, which is not to be sneezed at.
A friend is getting a kitten and i get to coparent it. Out of the litter of five there is a black boy with extra toes and a girl with white tips on her feet that are possibilities.
i'll have to get to know it but i want to have some good ones in mind.
it's Mowgi. It's an interrogative cat sound and a private joke. i love Rufus but a friend of mine named her bobcat mix Rufus and we loved him and he disappeared, most probably to the other side. A lot of good ones are taken and the wackier ones and ones like Gertrude aren't being taken to kindly.
i wish it were here in its shaky baby state but it's still with mom. i like it when they look like barely haired little monsterheads on wobbly leglets.
i like Francis. i also want something i might not mind so much if bellowed. God(frey) and Penis and Nipple have already been rejected.
i like Winston ok.
I used to work at a museum with a small zoo that has two bobcats, who came there as kittens. They have grown into smaller, desert sized bobcats. The female is far smarter and wilier than the ferocious looking male.
I miss my bobcat colleagues (more than a few of the human ones ;))
Otto, Milo, Lazlo, Thing I, Thing II, Frank Black (of the tv show Millennium - not the Pixies), Astrid, Ingrid, Santa, Stalks-by-Night, Batty, Betty, Buttercup, Piggy, Rabbit, Djork, Remington, Reginald, Ramses, O'Henry
"Winston is a dog's name."
Also, while Thatcher is a good name, the idea of naming a cat after Margaret Thatcher is out of the question, much like Reagan. i thought of Milo but there are a lot of cart Milos. Dexter is under consideration, and i do like Henry. Lily got a good response. Bumfluff not so much. i'm not one for potentially pejorative names like Poopile and Barfsalot.
Shaloub has also been shot down and i still like Sully.
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