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la_marquise) wrote2009-10-04 05:05 pm
la_marquise) wrote2009-10-04 05:05 pm
What do you call yours?
I'm supposed to be cleaning the bathroom. I'm not, for the simple reason that just as I was about to embark on same, I was colonised and occupied (in a most Imperial fashion) by the Ish cat.
He's a very conquering sort of cat. That's partly how he came by his name. And, as T S Eliot has most sagely observing, the naming of cats is a serious matter.
It's also an ongoing one. I have yet to meet a cat who did not possess a plethora of names in addition to the formal ones (and the inner ones which Humans May Not Know).
Caspian was most usually Sir, but also SGF (Small, grey and furry), His Majesty. The Grey Eminence, and, for reasons that are too complicated to go into, The Cat from Del Monte. Oh, and Rodent Features, for when he woke the marquis at unseasonable hours.
Mooncat is properly Ahmoon, but answers to Moonlet, Bundle and Sweetpea.
Ish rejoices in Doodle-puss/Doodle-bug, Noodle and Dumpling.
Horus is usually Horus-paws, but also on occasion is known as Spotty-paws, Spotty cat or Teapot features (I'm not sure how that one arose).
I have observed that we are not alone in this proliferation of feline monikers. So, what names do yours rejoice in?
He's a very conquering sort of cat. That's partly how he came by his name. And, as T S Eliot has most sagely observing, the naming of cats is a serious matter.
It's also an ongoing one. I have yet to meet a cat who did not possess a plethora of names in addition to the formal ones (and the inner ones which Humans May Not Know).
Caspian was most usually Sir, but also SGF (Small, grey and furry), His Majesty. The Grey Eminence, and, for reasons that are too complicated to go into, The Cat from Del Monte. Oh, and Rodent Features, for when he woke the marquis at unseasonable hours.
Mooncat is properly Ahmoon, but answers to Moonlet, Bundle and Sweetpea.
Ish rejoices in Doodle-puss/Doodle-bug, Noodle and Dumpling.
Horus is usually Horus-paws, but also on occasion is known as Spotty-paws, Spotty cat or Teapot features (I'm not sure how that one arose).
I have observed that we are not alone in this proliferation of feline monikers. So, what names do yours rejoice in?
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Snowy is also Snow-plough, Snow-heffalump and Snow-thing. She's all white and arrived with the name "Snowy" - which is very difficult to then get away from. I did suggest Snowdrop or Snowbell but then she started to get solid and hence the less flattering names.
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Fruitcake is also Fruitblossom, Fruitcat, Fruitbat, Fruitface... Or anything else with the right 'tune' because she's not very good a telling the difference.
So she answers to Fishface, Suitcase, etc.
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Rose, Toes, Rosie, Toesey, Posey, Little, Sweetie, Poquita (Rosita), Rosie-Poca, miha, gatita, girly, horrible little cat person, mighty hunter, Bunny cat.
Together: katzes, kids.
Yes, I am a terrible person. They don't seem to mind, as long as the litterbox is clean and the food and games and cuddles keep coming.
ETA: Mr Stinky (+cat, +catbreath, +face, +butt, +catbutt), Stinky boy; Ms. Fuzzy butt, Stinky girl.
Not that creative.
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Inazuma Nightcrawler aka Kurt aka Kurtles
Inazuma Xolocolat aka Xolo, Xo, Xozie, Xolocolatll, Creaky Hinge, Creaky (because that is what she sounds like.)
Inazuma Helset Quillan aka The Villain aka Quillan aka Quills aka Quilli aka Ape (which was what Trigger Argee called her husband, Heslet Quillan.)
Onapromise Pyanfar aka Py aka Pysie aka Capa Pyanfar aka Madame aka Fatso
Catomine Classical Cantata aka Zara (we brought her home the day Zara Phillips won the Three Day Event World Championship) aka Xsara Picasso aka Cantata
Valisa Flashing Blade aka Flash aka Flashkins aka Flashman-at-the-Charge aka Flashcat aka Flashie aka Flash Harry.
Singinpurrs Sinsinatti aka Casino aka Cassie aka Cascat aka "Cassie - no!"
There are also those who have, unfortunately, left us -
Singingpurrs Sinderella aka Chaninelle aka Ellie aka El
She was Cas's sister and they were known, collectively as the Sin Twins.
Dubverville Purcilla Andrez aka Kerowyn aka Kero aka Kerricat
The Orientals (Xolo, Ross, Pyanfar and Kurt) are, collectively, the Mafia.
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Lucien: Luce, Lucifer, demon-kitty, Bigger Little Cat, Loose Cannon.
Collectively: the gentlemen in tuxedos, cat-sons, those bastards, kitten-cats, hey you, and the Settlers of Kit-ten.
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Sedona has a sole nickname: Don Don, after the elephant.
Collectively, they are know as Stop That.
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Quite - all cats think their name is "Gerrof".
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Otherwise, Moggin the Mog. Mogbad the Bad. Come along Mr Tubs (as in Mr Tibbs). Moggs Norton (from Oggs Norton, a family saying), BadCAT! Mogglet. Big Grey Bastar or BGB.
He was very nearly L.B. after a cat in a slash story. Short for Little Bastard, obviously, but then he put me in hospital and got named Maxwell, Trouble is my middle name, Mason.
Still think I should have called him Byron. Mad, bad and dangerous to know.
FF
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As for Teasel.....they call him Fluffypants. That's not his name! That's not his name!
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I remember ancient TV ads for tinned fruit with generic happy workers howking out pineapples or pulling peaches, and along comes the Don in his horse and open carriage and examines them. He nods and leaves, and the happy peasants dance, because - "The man form Del Monte, he say ... YES!"
lol :)
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Lily was adopted from a shelter the weekend after Lance died (kidney failure). So she came with her name--she was 2 or 3 at the time. She's become Lilymonster, which truly suits her. The husband came up with that one. She's also sometimes Stinky or Stinkyhead (for the obvious reasons, but not so bad as Lance). Also Monstergirl or the old favorite Sweetie or Sweetie Cat.
Lance was a lot more dignified than Lily, despite that fact that he was a huge klutz. He didn't ever play a whole lot, not even as a kitten. Unless, of course, there was nip. Lily still acts like a kitten at around 5 or 6.
Tony's previous cat, who lived with me and Lance for about 6 months before she died was Tash or Tasha, short for Natasha, named for Nastassia Kinski. She was about 15 when she died. Gorgeous cat--looked like a cross between a Himalayan and a Siamese. She helped Lance come out of his shell for a bit. He kept trying to play with her, and she'd swipe at him with a "Go away kid, you bother me" attitude. He kept coming back for more.
(I've actually been thinking about Lance a lot lately, possibly because Halloween is coming up and not only was he a black cat, but Halloween and ghosties, ya know?
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Black-thumbed Jemmy Casey, Pirate Cat of the Cumberland (he is a tabby, with black stripes on his paws that go over his thumbs, and his general approach to the world is more or less Laird Cregar as Sir Henry Morgan), mostly called Jemmy, often in a raised tone of voice.
Miss Minerva Mu, the Belle of the Barn (she has an odd little head, with an owlish expression, especially when she sits bolt upright and tucks her head down into her shoulders and was part of a litter of kittens that came from a friend's horse barn, which she, her siblings, and her pregnant mother had colonized), mostly just Minerva.
Firenze of Stonecastle (her registered name; she's a retired breeding queen) mostly called Zaza, and sometimes Queen of all Cats, Weasel Baby and Marblehead (she's a marbled Bengal). Her previous person called her Rennie.
The Dread Pirate Roberts (Once you have one pirate, you might as well have another) mostly called Bob (because that's what he reacts to), and sometimes Spot (he's a spotted Bengal), and sometimes Jin Qian Mao, which is the Chinese name for his wild ancestors (Money Cats, from the spots).
Previous cats have included Godiva (a chocolate Siamese) and Sugartoes (who was part Siamese and part calico, and mostly looked like a seal point Siamese, except for white toes and a seal-colored voided mascle on her belly--she wasn't the only heraldic cat I've known--a friend had a tortie named Perpale, for her facial markings).
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Trevor always calls him Posh Sidney. Again, I do not know why.
He answers to 'what Sid did??'. Trevor says living with me is living like Dr Seuss.
Lily: Lilypup (me), Lilyscrap, Scudpuppy (T).
Cass: Big Girl (from 'Big Girl's Blouse').
Tara is always Tara. Chance is always Chance.
Cobweb is, I fear, Fatly Catly, just because, although T's ex called her Cobbie. And occasionally Madam, because she is.
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Cat names
The Shadowcat, who's-a-handsome-boy-then, or just boycat!
Jennifer, Jenny, Anycat or beautiful
Melinda, Molly, Doodle or (for reasons known only to Phoebesmum) Bunny-rabbit
And so forth.
Many years ago, when I was married, we named the cat's first litter after TOS people. James T Kirk, a tabby, ended up being called Tibs. Which caused me no end of amusement when watching the show ...
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Barry ('cos he was found on Barry Street) is often Baz, of course, but sometimes Baryshnikov or other things-that-Barry-might-be-short-for; frequently Barabbas, on account of his thieving tendencies.
Mac is technically short for Macadamia ("because he's nuts", I was told), but in this house it's mostly short for Macavity, on account of his thieving tendencies.
Are we detecting a theme yet...?
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Poor things. Such lovely names, and what do I call them? In Eric's case 'baby boy' or 'my baby boy' is one of the most common [blush] but he also gets boycat (and soppy boycat, silly boaycat, stupid boycat etc), boykitten (etc), Fleabag, Smelly Cat as in that song Phoebe sings in Friends ("smelly caaaat, smelly caaaat, what are they feeding youuuuuuu, smelly caaaat, smelly caaaaat, it's not your fault") and Dribblepaws. He also quite often gets called just 'Cat', because that is a) easy and b) highly amusing given that the Eric he's named after is, of course, always called Cat by people who know him.
Gwendolen, somewhat predictably, is 'beautiful baby girl' or 'girlcat' or 'girlkitten' or 'beautiful girl' or 'lovely lady kittencat' or endless variations thereof. My father often calls her Gwen. I frown at him. Partly because she has an incredibly beautiful name and we should bloody well use it, but also partly because when I got them Torchwood was big everywhere and I was terrified people would think I had named her after That Woman.
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Trude (stupid name, stupid cat) is usually Trouble Paws or Twuly .
Holly is usually Gingerpaws, sometimes Gingernuts, occasionally Growlypaws.
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Cuddles is the Black and White Death
Callisto is kitten, or moglet.
Rogue gets the best - she's Psycho Kitty, Headcase, Madame Grouchy (pronounced either English or French style), the Queen of Grump
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Mini is Min, Minimous, Minibonk, Wickley, etc.
Together they are the Horrors (usually when they've done something dreadful ...)
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His sister is formally Sigrdrifa, called Siggy and Bit, because she used to be quite dainty. More recently she's become Plumpiana, La Gordita, and Tubby Tabby, because she is no longer small.
Maddy is technically Mehitabel Adeline Elbereth, but mostly Maddy or Maddy Mae or Miss Maddy or Maddy Bell. The kittens are Dorothy Medusa, Euryale Rose, and Blanche Sthenno the Tragically Uneuphonious, but mostly go by their non-Gorgon names. They haven't grown nicknames yet.
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Those are some fine kitten names.