Conference misery::feline_v1

	Names for my four are:

	o	Minkas (aka 'Minki')				Male
	o	Ugnis  (pronounced 'Oognis', aka 'Oogy')	Male
	o	Pukas  (pronounced 'Pookas', aka 'Pooky')	Male
	o	Achy   (sort of AH chi - a cat I had years ago) Female

	The first three names are Lithuanian words (a Baltic state now part of
the USSR), our vet a real trouble with the names. Minkas = Mink, Ugnis = Fire,
Pukas = "fluffy". Achy is from a grey cat I had as a child and I couldn't
pronounce "ashes". So much for nostalgia. The names also have various
modifications - 

	o	Minki, Minker, "The Mink" -> THE INCREDIBLE SIX TOED CAT!!!
	o	Pooky, Pooker, "The Pook"
	o	Oogy, Ooger, "The Oog"

	And they all get called "The idiots" on occasion.

	Presently deceased cats were named:

	o	Pilkas (Pilky) - "Grey"
	o	Balta Cojas (pronounced "Coyas") - "White Feet"

/harry

    
                Present:  Dublin (male) Named both for Dublin Ireland
                         and for the fact that he has double paws. He's
                         a beautiful grey/black tigre cat with a great
                         disposition, he lets my two yr. old pick him
                         up in a headlock fashion. Nicknamed Dublinski
                         when he acts Polish. :^{)
    
                   Past:  Furley (male) Named after Ralph Furley on
                         on Three's Company (I think). He was a good
                         kitty but turned into a "Road Pizza" because
                         he was playing with a dead squirrel out in
                         front of the house.   
                                                ********
                                               * FURLEY *
                                               *        *
                                            *  * R.I.P. *  *
                                            |  **********  |   
    
    
                         

    Current:
    
    Merlin  (After the magician of old)
    Vivianne (after said magician's girlfriend/name=variation)
    Karamaneh (Dr. Hannibal Petrie's wife in the Fu Manchu tales)
    
    R.I.P.
    
    Morlock (after the underground dwellers in _The Time Machine_)
    Sammy (wife's cat.  Very nice)
    Angelica (after the princess of Cathay in _Orlando Furioso_)
    Morgan (male variant of Morgana le Fay)
    Nianinne (Merlin's girlfriend/name=another_variation)
    Malagicci (magician in Orlando Furioso_)
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
    

    One Seal Burmese, offical name Premier Jayasura Doi (Premier is
    a title won through multiple successes in cat shows). His "use-name"
    is Sura (an abbreviation of above). The breeder told us that Jayasura
    is the name of a river in Burma. Sura was from his mother's fourth
    litter, and all the seven (!) kittens were given names beginning
    with D. 
    
    One Ruddy Abyssinian, offical name Premier Jestarnae Jarnta (the
    breedr made up the names from the names of cats and dogs that she
    had owned, and from words that just sounded nice). His "use-name"
    is Kimi, named after a fire lizard in Anne McCaffrey's dragon books.
    I named him this (yes, I know it was a female fire lizard, but he
    doesn't seem to mind) just because it is a nice name, but when we
    got Kimi home we found that he LOVES to climb onto one's shoulders
    and lie draped around your neck, just like a real fire lizard, so
    the name turned out to be very appropriate. He also has the typically
    wild-looking Abyssinian face.

    Notes 12 and 134 include a good many cat names (including most of
    mine!), as does the "introductions" note, #2. Rather than repeat
    them here I'll let interested readers find them themselves...
    
    -b

    Current
    -------
    
    Pip - my Peripheral Interchange Pussycat; she is a 4.5 lb, very long haired
    tortie on white. I got her as an adult and she came with the name. I
    often call her "Pipsi", short for "Pipsidico" which is a Greek term
    of endearment used for a little one (or at least that is what my
    grandmother used to tell me)
    
    Argus J. Pussycat, Esq. is my 22 lb baby. He prefers to be called
    "Gus" or Mr. Pussycat. This cat can be best described as a "puppy-cat"
    so as a result, I named him "Argus" after Odysseus's dog.
    
    Eirene (pronouced "Irene") and Panther are twins. They are both
    all black. Eirene got her name because she is a very tranquill,
    peacefull cat. Panther got his name because he looks and acts like
    the wild black panther cats. 
                 
    Parent's Cat
    ------------
    Penelope (Penny) - for some reason, an awful lot of old Greek women
    seem to name their cat's this, and my mother was no exception (and
    four of her Greek women friend's have cats named "Penelope"). I
    think it probably has something to do with Odysseus's faithful wife.
    
    Previous cats
    -------------
    Jet - R.I.P. (1956-1972) the cat I grew up with. I don't remember
    if she was named Jet because of her jet black hair or because she
    could run so fast. This cat was a world class hunter.
    
    Viper - R.I.P. (1972-1982) he got this name because he liked to pretend
    to sneek up on people and bite them (although he didn't really use
    his teeth).   

    
    Deb
    

    Current kitties (mine):
    -----------------------

	Joshua - (a.k.a. Josh, Joshy-buns, J-J-Boo, Josh-boo) Was almost
    given  the  name  Tarzan  due to his infant penchant for climbing my
    legs.  Very  macho,  often prowling the house in a very businesslike
    manner with head lowered. Named for the biblical figure Joshua.

	Rebecca -  (a.k.a  Becky,  Becks, B-B-Lou, Beebs) Full sister to
    the  above  named  macho  man. Very shy. Named for Becky Thatcher in
    Huckleberry  Finn.  Often  creeps around corners "peeping" - looking
    for someone (me) to pay attention to her.

	When referring  to  J  and  B  as  a  single unit, they're often
    referred  to  as  the Destructo Twins, DTs or Tiny Terrors (although
    they're not so tiny - 2 years old, 9 and 11 pounds and growing! )


    Current kitties (parents):
    --------------------------

	T-II (pronounced "tee too") - small tiger kitty given to parents
    by  sister  to  replace previous family cat who passed on at 19 1/2.
    Was to be called Tiger due to his similarity to his predecessor, but
    sister  and I would not allow it. Hence T-II (as in "Tiger, too", or
    "Tiger_the_second").


    Current kitties (sister):
    -------------------------
    
	Rug-Rat -  (a.k.a.  Ruggie, Ruggers) - small black female with a
    few  patches  of  white.  Had  broken  hind  leg  before coming into
    sisters  posession. Now can not bend said leg at hock and moves like
    Peg-Leg. Doubles as a barn cat.

	Charlie -  Son  of Rug-Rat. Very vocal. Same basic coloration as
    mom,  but looks like he's wearing a tux with white gloves and spats.
    Also  doubles  as  barn cat. Spends much free time climbing curtains
    and  playing  the  "gravity game" ("Oh look, see what happens when I
    push this cute little glass animal off the edge of this shelf!!")


    Past kitties (mine):
    --------------------

	Tyler -  orange  tabby  with  white "tux" and gloves. Never came
    home  for  breakfast  one  morning  (NEVER missed a meal in his life
    before  his  disappearance)  at  age 3. Never found. Named for "Toby
    Tyler", a boy in a childrens story who runs away to join the circus.
    The son of a barn cat who later died of leukemia.  


    Past kitties (family):
    ----------------------

	Tiger (R.I.P.  1965-1985)  -  Grey  tiger  -  very  gentle, very
    patient, very missed. Came to live with us the day we moved into our
    first  house.  (Mom had said we could get a kitty when we moved into
    the  house  after 8 years of apartment living.) Lived with us longer
    than we lived in the house!

    We have two cats. The first one we got is a female long haired grey
    tiger. Her name is TC. She was named for the cartoon character Top
    Cat (I know he was a male, but I liked the sound of 'TC'). The other
    cat was born in the wild. We found and caught him living in the
    great outdoors in New Hampshire. He has short hair and is all black
    - So I named him Midnight. (I named both cats since I was the one
    who originally wanted cats!)
    
    
        Tom
    

    We have 2 cats and 4, 3 week old kittens.  Our first is a female,
    also long haired, doubled pawed with calico/tiger stripes.  She's
    gorgeous and her name (dubbed by my 4 year old daughter) is Taffy.
    Our second acquisition is a BIG black male that is a field cat that
    showed up during Taffy's last heat and has "adopted" us.  He is
    the most likely daddy for the 4 kittens and is appropriately named
    Stud.
    
    Our 4 kittens are named Temple (for a friend of myne who was pregnant
    at the same time as Taffy) is a black male with grey stripes & cream
    colored markings - he's the cutest; Brittle (for her color) is a
    medium brown with a cream "necklace" she has double paws; Thundercat 
    (because he has such a LOUD MEW) is tan with white stripes & markings
    and he has double paws; and finally, there's Foam (the runt), she
    is a light cream with white tiger stripes and also double paws.
    She has the longest hair of the four of them and is the quietest.
    
    I only named Stud & Temple, the rest are my daughter's and she names
    them as she wants - although "Grammy" steps in when things get out
    of hand!  (She wanted to name one of them Lunch, in case the dogs
    didn't adjust well, but I convinced her that Brittle was much nicer!)
    
    Laurel

        
    I have long wanted to pay homage to my Polish ancestry, and to
    recognize my scientific bent by naming something after Copernicus,
    the Pole who is credited with the belief that the earth travels
    around the sun, not 'tother way 'round.  When I got my male Maine
    Coon last year, I laid the moniker on him.  When I realized that
    the diminutive could be Copy and I would have a Copy Cat, 'twas
    cast in concrete.   - Chris
    
    

    Hamilton Bates Farnsworth (aka Honey B. Farnsworth) is my 4 year
    old seal point Himalayan.  Around the house, he's just called Honey.
    I named him after a friend's husband (long story...).  It's a strange
    name for a male cat, but it's nice to come home after work and say
    "Hi, Honey, I'm home!" and have someone come running!
    
    Mary

    Current:  Tazmanian Devil (Taz for short), is a black longhaired
              female, with beautiful green eyes.  She got her name when
              we brought her home as a kitten, and all she did was run
              around the house faster than you could blink an eye. 
              She is named after the cartoon character.
    
              Black Sabbath (Sab for short), is a black short haired
              male, 1/2 siamese with a voice you can hear next door.
              My brother named him after the rock group.  He's a great
              companion, follows me everywhere!
    
    Past:     Black Marshmallow (Fats for short), Sabbath's brother
              was long haired and double pawed (complete opposite of
              Sab) and tended to be overweight.  He loved to bat things
              around with his big paws, including his brother.
    
              Blackie, my first cat, named him in kindergarten - so
              much for originality.  I had him for 12 years and he
              was a great cat, short haired and had the longest tail
              I've ever seen.  He put up with a lot from two little
              kids.
              

    My three are named:
    
    	o	Pugg		Male Persian 
    	o	Demitrius	Male Persian
    	o	Tigger		Female Stray

    

    
    my female siamese is named Loree, named after the Loree oboe which
    was the instrument that i majored in for my music degree in college.
    

My two are named:

	Chayna (pronounced Shayna) -- shorthaired calico; no idea where
		the name comes from as I got her, already named, from a
		friend.  I think it's just a made-up name.

	Jasper -- Persian; variation of Casper, a Persian name.  Jasper
		seemed to suit him better.  He was a pre-owned cat whose
		former name was Sam -- singularly uninteresting (not to
		cast any aspersions on other cats named Sam!  Just didn't
		fit Jasper somehow).

Previous names:

I went through a "Biblical" phase with Gabriel (all-white male shorthair) and
Solomon (grey and white male shorthair).  Also had Candy (black & white
female shorthair) and Penuche, known as Penny (penuche fudge-colored and
white female longhair).  And Mickey (black & white male longhair) was 
named after my fave Monkee....

							-- Nina

    ... also affectionately known as "muttface"
    
    my other cat, 'tasha, is a long-haired black female.

    Fuzzles is a 15 week old seal point Himalayan. She is also known
    as Fur Baby.  

    My two tigers are named Kitty and Whiskers.  This actually came
    about because my brother had two stuffed animals when he was little
    who were remarkably like the present namesakes.
    
    -JiM-

I have four cats, with the following names and explanations:

1.  Curious George -- I know this is the name of a monkey in
a popular children's book, and my 18-lb, pure-white-with-blue 
eyes-but-not-deaf cat does not look at all like a monkey!  
But when we got him he was constantly getting into mischief
as a result of exploring some new unknown corner of the house.
Even now he _cannot_ stand the sight of a closed door, the idea 
that there might be something behind it is more than he can
stand.
Nicknames:  Georgie Porgie (well, what would you call an 18lb'er),
G.P., usually just George.

2.  Boss Tweed -- this cat was found abandoned in a South Bronx
junkyard at the tender age of approx. 2 days; fortunately the
owner's wife hand-raised him and since they were my parents' 
neighbors we were selected to adopt him when they couldn't get
their cats to accept him well enough.  Being hand-raised he is
super-affectionate, likely to make flying leaps into my lap
without any warning and then to settle in for a long winter's
nap (he loves to rub his face on yours and wash your chin, cat
kisses I guess).  He is your basic tiger, but the tips of his 
fur are coated in gold which gives him a basic "tweed" look.  
And being from New York, and definitely in charge of the household, 
Boss Tweed is wonderfully apt.  (This is the cat that tried to 
destroy our new greyhound on sight; now that his point has been 
made they're best friends)
Nicknames:  Tweedy

3.  Pipsqueak -- she is the smallest (only about 8 lbs.) and
about the only noise she makes is a very tiny squeak when she is
demanding her dinner.  She is our only female cat and is very 
dainty and kittenish, even at the age of two.  Acquired when I
stopped to buy cat food at the local feed store -- I'm a sucker
for friendly double-pawed cats!  She instantly loves everyone and
purrs in any situation!!  
Nicknames:  Baby, Pipper, Squeaker, "killer-diller" (we found her
swinging from the nose of our lab-mix when she was a kitten)

4.  Maxwell -- my long-desired all-black cat, part Burmese we 
think.  This is the name he came with, no idea why!  He is now
challenging Tweed for head-of-the-household status, having reached
the same 12lb size at the age of only one year.  So far things are
reasonably friendly, and the Boss is still in charge.
Nicknames:  Max, Blackie, Tubbs (still growing and eats like a pig)


Jan

    Our two cats were both pre-owned and pre-named.
    
    Spicie	o Female, gorgeous tri-colored Calico (money Cat). 
    		  Perfectly named 'cause she looks like a mixture of
    		  nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger!
    
    Tommy 	o Male, grey and black tiger.  He is the traditional
    		  Tom Cat, big, burly and loving.  Tommy had 2 separate
    		  owners during his first 2 years, and now has been
    		  with us for 3 years - and we'll never let him go!
    
    Tom's first owner was a Minister and named him after some historic
    minister - Thomas Star King.  Tom's second owners were The Starrs.
     As his third owners, Tom has taken my husband's last name (for
    
    legal purposes) and is now THOMAS STAR KING STARR O"DONNELL!
    For vet purposes, Tommy O'Donnell works just fine :-)

    Current cats are named
     
    Winston Churchill-blue classic tabby with white Maine Coon mix.
                      Usually referred to as Winners, Winneroo, Winnie
                      or thewinstoncat.  This one is our baby.
    
    Jesse James-shaded silver tabby Maine Coon mix with persian type
                coat.  My husband calls this big guy (18 lbs) "bucketbutt"
                Also known as Jessers, or Jesseroo.
    
    Pres. James Monroe-cameo mackerel tabby shorthair.  So named because
                       he shares his birthday with President Monroe.
                       We call him Monroe.  A friend once said of Monroe
                       that if he could talk, he would have a British
                       accent.  That describes him to a tee.
    
    Here are some of the names of previous cats that have shared our
    home with us.
    
    Cleopatra-named because of her Holy-er than thou attitude.  She
    was my very first cat.  Her name was later changed to Chrissy because
    the small son of my then live in partner could not say Cleo.
    
    Alpha Omega- the first and last kitten of Chrissy.  Only surviving
    kitten in a breach litter.  Jet black persian type fur.  Exquisite.
    
    Bailey_tortoiseshell.  She had to be the only cat so she was only
    with us for about two years.  We found her a new home with some
    neighbors that were moving to a new house in the country.  The promised
    never to upset her by adding any more cats.  They often send pictures
    to us.  The kind of adoptive parents that cat breeders dream of.
    
    Harrison-red classic tabby with persian type coat.  Beautiful cat,
    very loving.  He was hit by a car and died.  All my cats became
    indoor cats that day.
    
    Ralph Waldo Emerson-Snowshoe cat.  Siamese type with white paws.
    Died of Feline Luekemia.
    
    Nastacia-literally pulled this little girl out of a garbage bin.
    She only lived for about three weeks.  Suspected culprit-feline
    luekemia.
    
    Remington-Another jet black cat, this one short hair.  This cat
    was a stray that was living in a field by our house.  We took him
    in and taught him the finer points of indoor living.  This cat was
    incredibly strong.  We had to reduce our cat population so we found
    a home for Remington with my sister's boyfriend.
    
    I am buying a Birman kitten in two weeks which I will probably name
    Sacrechats Joie de Vivre of MySinhs.  As far as what she will be
    called... that is anyone's guess.
    
    JoAnn
    
    
    
    

    Pud N Tat	female, short haired grey vernacular cat.
    		some psychological difficulties, has been on valium
    		worth every penny of Vet care
    		nickname: Pud
    
    Thomas J. Sawyer	male, short haired white/grey vernacular cat
    		nickmame: Tom
    		Tom was dumped at foot of our driveway in 1981 when
    		he about 1 yr old. He is the most loyal cat of all.
    
    Kit N Kaboodle	female, short haired calico
    		nickname: Boodle
    		not a very good mother
    
    Lickity Split	female, short haired calico
    		nickname: Split
    		
    Flatsom	female, long haired grey.
    		nickname: Flotsy
    		Another foundling who found us (hence the name)
    		She's a real neck warmer.
    
    
    deceased:
    		Spot Speckle Pussen Mitten (Spot)
    		Felinity T. Foolishness (Cat)
    		Peaches N. Cream (Peaches)
    		Roberta J. Stubbs (Bobb)
    		Amos and Andy; twin kittens
    
    given away for various reasons:
    
    		Alice
    		Fat
    
    

    This is a P.S. to my previous reply about my new kitten's name.
    I had wanted to name her Sacrechat's Joie de Vivre of MySinhs but
    another breeder named her kitten that name (I want it to be unique),
    so now I sent in her registration papers with the name Sacrechat's
    Jouissance de MySinhs.  My second choice was Jeune Fille.  Jouissance
    is french for enjoyment or delight, this name really fits this kitten
    so I hope I get it.  We will call her Jou Jou for short (french
    for plaything).
    
    JoAnn

My youngest daughter named our calico mongrel "Mutchika" after one of her
stuffed animals.  Either she made the name up, or got it from Sesame Street.

    My one cat, whom I love dearly, is called Souche (pronounced Soo-she).
    She is an all black manx, siamese.  Her lips are black, her nose
    is black and the pads on her paws are black.  No THAT'S black. 
    
    Being part manx, she has no tail, therefore the name which, in French
    means stub.  She is a loving, playful and beautiful animal.  She
    is only 9 months old and will live forever if possible.   
    

    I have two cats both black. One is big black and fluffy - he's called
    Spike.
    
    The other one is little, smooth haired and stupid. He's called Shugie.
    
    This is a corruptiion of Sugar and Spice.
    
    My boyfriend says that Shugie is named after Shugie Otis - whoever
    he was!!
    
    They are both gorgeous. By the way Im in England if that's of any
    interest to anyone and this is my ver first Vaxnotes entry.
    
    Ellen

    I've had lots of fun reading all the names and their variations.
    Now that I know there are other "nuts" out there :^), I can state
    the following about my two --
    
    Munchkin (14-year-old, male, chocolate-point, diabetic Siamese)
    - aka Munch, Mcschrunkins, Macklescrunch, Pipoofness, and Numbnuts!
    (most of these are my husband's variations - of course, I won't
    admit to it!)
    
    Kali Mutu (14-year-old, female, dark seal-point Siamese - mother
    was seal, father was blue-point), whose name is Tamal (Indian language)
    and means Black-faced (Mutu) Goddess of Destruction (Kali - remember
    "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"?) - aka Mutu (mainly), Moo,
    Mrs. Mutu, Kali M, Schmootu (again, my husband's), and Collard-schmoo
    (again, my husband's).
    
    It's lots of fun making up variations on names, and, being Siamese,
    they usually respond to all of them, but with comments, of course.
    
    J.
    

    Well!
    
    I'm glad to know that there are other "cat people" out there who
    are soft as grapes over cats.  I'm fascinated by what we name our
    cats, and especially the nicknames we all come up with.
    
    Henny--my previous cat;  we got her when I was six, and she lived
    until I was a sophomore in college.  She was long-haired, gray,
    with white feet, white belly and neck, and one white "garter" up
    one leg.  She was VERY affectionate;  when held she would put her
    paws around the neck of the person holding her and purr.  She once
    caught a WEASEL and brought it home, spitting and snarling, and
    let it loose in Dad's garage.  Some sense of humor..
    
    Billie--my "now" cat, I've had for ten years.  She's an all-gray
    (and I mean ALL--lips, nose, and pads) stray I found outside my
    old laundramat on a rainy day.  She was aobut 8 months old at the
    time, and so cute I couldn't resist picking her up and cuddling
    her.  Then OF COURSE I couldn't just put her down and leave her
    there--so she adopted me.  She is named after Billie Holiday, because
    of her unusually melodius voice, and bird-like "chirps".  She has
    enormous grape-green eyes, and has long silky fur.  Her many nicknames
    are:
    
    *Billie-fish
    *Skoodly-doo-dah
    *Boogedy-2-shoes
    *Billie-4-foots
    *Billie-Tuna
    *POOTY-cat
    *Mumma's BAYbee
    
    Boy, I've never admitted to this in print before!!
    
    Jane

	My present cat - an 18 month old starved, abandoned throw-out from a
	cat rescue centre - Teelif (from Tea-leaf, Thief) because he is ! 
	Otherwise he has turned out to be a perfect gentleman. 
	He is black with white muzzle, chest, front paws and back legs. 
	I have only had him since the end of February and he is learning
	my ways fast !!

	(Past Cat) Tika - a siamese, marmalade cross.  She was runover when
	she was two and a half.  She was a great character with a "mouldy"
	coat, sort of black with underlying marmalade, very odd !  
	She was the worlds' most ambitious hunter, it seemed like she would
	never catch anything smaller than her last victim !!  She progressed
	from voles to mice to rats to sparrows/blue-tits to rabbits to 
	moorhens to weasels to pheasants.  She even tried a Boxer dog who
	was being good and ignoring her !! (the owner didn't understand why
	I shut her inside !)  

	(Family Cats - Present)

	Loonatic - Black and White long hair, a cat with little brain
	who will drool with pleasure (the only cat we have had who has 
	done this (lots of tissues needed when stroking him)).
	Nicknames - Loon, Idiot, Twit.
	
	Elodie - Common tabby, recent aquisition (sp?) in France to 
	replace Eley.

	No Permanent name yet - smokey grey long haired female kitten.
	Sometimes referred to as Moulinex, Cinder(ella)s, Ashes, Hey you
	etc. As you can see, my brother hasn't made up his mind yet !!

	(Family Cats - Past)

	Eley - after the shotgun (twelve-bore) shell that shot him.  He was
	a Foreign White, pure white with blue eyes. We adopted him in a
	terrible condition, the only reason why the shot hadn't killed him
	was that his coat was so matted that the pellets hadn't penetrated
	through to his skin ! We didn't even realise that he was white 
	until he had been cleaned up (shaved) by the vet (he looked like
	a well trimmed poodle to start with).

	Marathon - a pink (yes pink) and white faintly striped cat who
	was adopted by my sister after he had lain in the road in front 
	of her bicycle every day for a week on the way to work.
	Nickname - Tumble-bug, because he had this endearing habit of 
	throwing himself flat on his side against doors, legs etc.

	CJA

    
    There's three in the family.
    
    Thomas....came with the apartment I moved into 4 years ago (since
    moved).  A year passed before I found out he was really the neighbors
    cat (Tikki).  They let me keep him.  He's probably at least 6 now.
    Part Siamese and Orange Tabby, he's my designer cat!  All peach
    except ears and tail are darker. Big blue eyes and about 15 lbs.
    His favorite passtimes...drinking out of the fish bowl and never
    once bothering Kublah Khan (the fish).  And he used to love it when
    the dog would drag him around the yard by the scruff of his neck.
    I really do need to get him another dog to call his own!!!
    
    Natashja, or Tashja....She's 2 years old and jet black.  She's small
    and feminine but the ruler of the neighborhood.  She loves a good
    fight because she always wins (I wish she'd quit that).  She's fast,
    I know because she brings me humming birds and snakes for presents!
    And she's the softest cat I've ever known!
    
    Katmandu, or Du....he's Natashja"s son.  A black and gray Tabby.
    He's a year old and very much a kitten still.  Chases butterflies,
    grass, the wind...anything that moves.  He's a good bug catcher
    and I have a feeling, will grow to be a mountain lion..a gentle
    one.
    
    Soon we will have a puppy too.
    
    Kimberly.
    

    Our two kitten are names Poky and Gumby.  Poky is part calico and
    part tiger.  Mostly grey with orange and white stripes.  We named
    her Poky because when we first got her she used to walk around real
    slowly, and close to the ground.  I suppose now we should call her
    Speedy because she is no longer slow.  Gumby is all grey with white
    stomach and some white stripes.  We named her Gumby because it went
    with Poky.  They are both sisters.
    
    

    
    Current:	A small Siamese named Katmandu.  I thought that she
    		was a 'mutt-Siamese' - kind of a mixture of points,
    		but someone (an owner of a cattery) told me that she
    		is what's known as a tortoise-shell point, which I have	
    		never heard of before.  When I got her, she was about
    		1 1/2 years old and her name was D'Mara.  I didn't really
    		like it and I don't think she did either.  She never
    		responded to it  But then again, I don't think her original
    		owners called her much.  I know that they locked her
    		in the basement all the time, but I think they used
    		to beat her, too.  She was a psychological mess when
    		I got her, but she is an affectionate, playful,
    		adorable cat now!
    
    		She does respond to that name as well as her nickname,
    		Geet (it's a long story!).
    
    
    Past:	I grew up with a half-Siamese named Jum-Jum, Jumba for
    		short.  I got her (or rather my parents brought her
    		home after they were at a party at her mother's owners'
    		house and she climbed up my father's silk tie, tearing
    		it up!!  She was sort of like payment/reimbursement!)
    		when I was 4 1/2 years old and she lived to a ripe old
    		age of 16.  She was a little on the small size, all
    		grey with beautiful green eyes.  She was very quiet
    		(most unlike Katmandu!!) but purred all the time and
    		was VERY affectionate, even to most strangers (also
    		unlike Katmandu).  Everyone used to comment on how
    		unusually beautiful she was.  God, do I miss her!!!
    
    
    

    Well, I am going to get some more kittens this Fall and I will need
    some names.  My neice is getting a Silver Egyptian Mau.  It looks
    a lot like a cheetah (sp).  She has already picked out a name for
    her.  It is going to be CleoCATra.  Cute, eh?  She'll call her Cleo.
    
    Now I have got to figure out a name for my new kitten.  I am getting
    another female Korat.  I would like to stick to the same theme as
    Sterling Silver (my other Korat) but I need some ideas.  I am actually
    going to need a lot of ideas because I am planning on breeding Silver
    in either July or August.  Can anyone help?
    
    Holly
    

Well, there's Samson - he started life as Samantha (I always wanted a
Samantha), but when he was taken in to be spayed, the vet discovered
the wrong hardware under all that black fur.  She was really embarassed
not to have caught it earlier....I sexed him when he was real young
and he seemed like a girl to me...we had to change his name on the
vet records, so he bacame Samson, but I call him Sam.

Then there is Sam's brother, Sir Nicholas Long-tail, or Nickie for short.
He has a beautiful, dense, short gray coat with white boots, tummy,
and mustache.  His tail is the longest I've ever seen, so his "formal"
name grew from that.  He is generally a very dignified fellow except
where we are alone so everyone calls him Nicholas except me.

Ah, Hannah...well she came to me from people she didn't like who had
received her with the name of Hannah from the woman who rescued her.
She is a lynx-point American Shorthair, with cream body and orange
tabby cat points - somehow I always felt Hannah was a good name for
a red-head, so she is Hannah.  She is also "TIGER" or "GOOSE" depending
on what she is doing at the time.

    A friend just told me the best names I've ever heard for three
    littermates ... Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy.
    
    Our own two new kittens are named Ben and Jerry.  (Can you guess
    what they like to eat?)  Actually, Jerry is Gerry, a female.
                                  

    My brother-in-law came up with the above names for his trio of
    feline pals.
    
    Tom and Harry, almost identical littermates, were acquired first.
    Dixie joined the household later and is half their size, but she's
    tough!
    
    Joanne
    

    
    Fluffballs/Puddytats/Little Ladies
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
    Sukie: Corruption (to please mum and make the name sound ladylike)
           of Suzuki - I'm into bikes.
    
    Jasmine: Or Jazz for short, lady like and very sweet.   
    
    Both live with my parents and are family cats really, at times mum
    insists they're mine (I talked her into getting them.)
    Totally black shorthaired ladies (except when they fight). 
    Sisters from a pet shop.
    
    The Gang/The Troup/The Mob
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Tigger: Tigery grey tom with almost flourescent green eyes. 
            Dribbled when happy.
            Dad.
    
    Toshiba: Commonly known as Tosh.Tabbyish brown and white.
    	     Mom.
    
    Toddy}   Daughters of Tigger & Tosh.  
    Dee  } 
    
    Sam:     Black and white softheaded son of Tigger and Tosh.
    
    Lived with my boyfriend.
    
    Favourite pastime: Trying to get me out of bed as soon a Dad wasn't
    around to tell them off. 
    
    
    Family cats (what original names)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
    Mums parents cat: Puss          
    
    Dads parents cat: Kitten
    
    
    Past cats
    ~~~~~~~~~
    
    Smokey: Grey ex-tom. Disagreed with a car on a main road.
    
    Tootsie: Black neurotic kittie with white tootsies (hence the name)
             and a white milk dribble - that's what it looked like -
             on her chin. Disagreed with a car on a small side road.
    
    Dinah:   Tortoiseshell beautiful afectionate female kitten.
             The vet who treated her said she was the best tempered
             tortoiseshell he'd ever known. Kept indoors - no cars -
             died of feline leukemia bladder infection water retention
             kidney failure............... VERY much loved still.
             Nearly gave me a breakdown - a friend was killed on his
             bike in the morning, she passed on in the afternoon.
    
    
    
    Not really my cats
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
    Trumpet: yes I thought it was a wierd name too.  Used to visit us
             from down the road when we were kids all black shorthair
             missing the end of his tail.
    
    Siskin Pipsqueak: Very young kitten tabbyish and white.  Living
        in the garage of a delapadated (sp?) country cottage I 
        nearly moved into. It had bats in the outhouses too! (The cottage
        not the kitten.)
    
    If I have another kitten if its small and noisy enough it'll probably
    get called SiskinPipsqueak, I never did get to call her that to
    her face..........
    
    Jo
    Reading, UK.

    Tisha one year old seal point
    
    Stanley three month old seal point
    
    Si two month old blue point

    Well, I finally had to put in my note!. My kitties are named Payday
    and Freebe. This is pretty easy to understand, since Payday cost
    a pretty penny at the time and Freebe was free! Somehow I think
    they are aware of this. Payday walks around with her nose in the
    air and Freebs tries to stay out of the way!!
    --Kim

    I have some new cats now, since Joui (previously refered to as Jou
    Jou) we have added 3 more Birmans and one household pet, bringing
    the grand total to 8 minus one for Jesse James as he has decided
    to live with my mother.
    
    Sacrechat Kyrielle of Mysinhs - sealpoint Birman female.  Kyrielle
    means "rigamarole" in french, this fits her sense she is always
    talking nonsense. She is very vocal for a Birman.
    
    Pleasantview's Kalliste of Mysinhs - Sealpoint Birman male.  Kalliste
    is our stud cat, he was named by his breeder.  She found his name
    in a science fiction novel so I don't know what it means.  Maybe
    someone out there knows?
    
    Mysinhs Lyscentia - sealpoint female kitten out of Joui's first
    litter.  Her name is a variation on the word "licentious" which
    means lacking legal or moral restraints; marked by disregard for
    strict rules of correctness.  This fits her to a tee!
    
    Chantilly Lace - cream tabby and white longhair housecat.  My husband
    fell in love with her after we rescued her, and he wouldn't let
    me place her in another home.  She is and always will be his cat.
    Neither of them would have it any other way.
    
    That's all for now folks.  I will be having another litter shortly
    (in September) and am looking for good suggestions of names that
    begin with the letter "L".  '88 is the "L" year.
    
    Jo 
    

    Re: .42
    
    I think Kalliste is from one of the Witch World series books by
    Andre Norton (pen name of Mary Alice Norton).  I had the feeling that
    Kyrielle's name was from there too, when I first saw it.  I guess
    not?  I don't remember that the names had meanings.  I will try
    to remember to look this up when I get home.
                                                

    Tisha one year Seal Point Siamese
    Stanley six month old "  "  "   "  "   "
    Sweet Pea six week old Blue Point Siamese

        
        Smudge - year-old calico who has a brown spot on her nose.
        
        Tas - 3-month-old Seal point who's a little devil!
        
        Sandy
        

         Since he appears to have been LUCKY enough to have made 
    it thru another scrape alive I better list him in here quick!!
    
    Lucky is a 6 year old short haired all black cat except for 8 or
    9 white hairs scattered around his chest.  He was called LUCKY
    becauce he was lucky we found him when we did (one more day and
    he would have taken the ling sleep!), he was black and black cat
    are supposed to be unlucky if the cross your path and we felt
    lucky that he had crossed ours and last the name fits because he
    is an outdoor cat for the most part and has had run ins with dogs
    (he chases them), cats(not in my yard you don't-his atitude),
    and a skunk which he chased out of the yard without getting
    sprayed. He's swollowed a needle and thread and survived the 
    operation as well as various other things.  He hates to be laughed
    at and refuses to use a litter box or go to the bathroom anywhere
    if he thinks someone is watching.  My wife laughed at him twice
    when he was sitting in the box doing his duty and since then it's
    been outside even at -10 degrees!!  We have a 10 year old 
    Keeshond called King (what a fuzz ball!!) who thinks he's Luckys
    mother.  Lucky will rub his face on Kings chest and that's the
    signal to King that Lucky wants a wash job.  What a sight watching
    King lick Lucky from nose to tail.(literally!!) For Lucky it's three
    minutes of a wet tongue for which he turns around when each side
    is done to present all sides for a wash and no "fur" balls.  I
    don't know how Lucky trained King to do that but it's neat!!
    Lucky does not nor have I ever heard him purr!!  He also has
    my wife and son believing that he belongs to each of them so
    if one says no he goes to the other one to get what he wants!!
    Lucky is indeed lucky!!

    Present Cats:
    
    	Oscar - named after my great grandfather who was the strongest
                man I ever knew.  AKA Mr. Affections, OscoBosco, Boschead,
                and Mr. Cuddlemonster
    
     	Portia - named after Shakespeare (was it Merchant of Venice?
                 it's been a long time since high school).  AKA PortyPoo,
                 PortyPrecious, Little Precious, PortyPreciousPoo, Momma's
                 Little Precious, Presh, Little TubOLard, LittleChunker,
                 Momma's ChunkerKitterKat, etc.
    
    Past Kitties:
    
    	Chelsea - This was my mom's Siamese, who wore sweaters and got
                  migraine headaches.  Mom named her.
    
      	Snowball - Very original name for a white cat. Unfortuneately,
                   I named her, but I was young at the time and didn't
                   know better.
    
    	Charlie - A pure black cat; My dad named him.
    
      	Pooh - Short for Witchypooh, which was short for Witchhazel;
               He had no tail and degenerative spinal cord disease.
               Dad also named him.
    
    Cats in teh neighborhood (and what I call them):
    
    	Blue - A big Russian blue, who happens to be an incredible wimpy
               cat and runs and hides whenever humans get within 500
               feet of him.
    
    	Smoke - A scary looking cat whose fur is white near his body
                and black on the outside.
    
    	Fuzzball - A black, longhaired cat.  Also qute scary looking.
                   His fur is probably a good 4-5 inches long, but his
                   legs are real short.  So, he's kind of funny looking.
    
    	Tripod - Looks alot like my Portia, except this one is missing
                 a leg.  Still runs real fast  and is still quite the
                 fighter.  I'd probably mistake her for Portia alot
                 moe often is this one wasn't missing a leg.
    
    Future Cats:
    
    	Elmo - I'm looking for an Elmo cat right now.  Elmo will be
                a boy, an orange and white tiger cat, FeLV+ OK since
               Portia is.  Will also have to be incedibly cute so when
               I arrive home one night with him, my boyfriend will fall
               in love with him and not yell at me for getting another.
               I'm being good by not actively looking, but I keep praying
               that the stork will leave an Elmo on my doorstep some
               night real soon.

    Present cats :
    
    W.W. - (or White Waters) - a skinny all white male, though he weighs
    	    in at 12 pounds !  He was named by his previous owner (a friend
            of mine), and was given to me when she decided he was "too much
            responsibility".  He's really such a sweetheart, and is better known
            as "Dubbers".
    
    Punjab - (pronounced "Poon-jab") - cute little calico female who
            is approximately 5 months old and who loves not only Dubbers,
            but also the dog.  Bugs don't have a chance around her.
            We came by her name when watching the musical "Annie" on
            t.v. one night - remember the magician ??
    
    Past cats:
    
    Space - Who was tiny enough to fix into a tissue box comfortably
            when he was a kitten, and grew up to be an 18 pounder.
            Earned his name as a kitten due to the fact that he seldom
            paid attention to what he was doing - for example, walking
            on the back of the couch & not looking, and still trying
            to walk even though the couch ended.... Still miss that
            sweetheart of a tuxedo cat.
    
    Joy

    
    
    Chip -n- Dale
    
    Named after the chipmucks cartoon, not the Chippendale men,
    as some people assume when I tell them their names.
    
    Black and white long haired brothers.  Saved from the Animal
    Rescue League in Holden 3 years ago.  They are EXACT mirror
    images of each other!  Except that Chip has a CHIP on his 
    right ear from an overly friendly wrestling match with Dale
    when they were kittens.

My baby is Bruno.....a big strong black tom cat...AKA:
    
    Boo boo kitty,  Bru-kitty-kitty-Bru, Mama's baby (must be said in
    a VERY high pitched voice and repeated many times) & Poopy-kitty
    (meant only in the fondest of possible ways!) and in rare
    circumstances, boobie-kitty (I don't know why, so don't ask)  Although
    my husband refers to him most the time as "the brainless pussy"
    and begins to compose & sing the funniest little songs about "Bruno
    the brainless pussy".  It puts me in stitches every time!  Guess
    you have to be there.

    
    Well, somewhere in this conference, I announced I was going to
    get two Siamese littermates, but since they are very expensive
    I decided to take "normal" (haha) two kitties, born a couple of 
    weeks ago and belonging to a collegues' sister. It is no particular 
    breed, but I understand they will stay small. Sometime next week
    I will see pictures of them, and the first week of June (June 6th
    probably) I will go and pick them up. So, I still don't know what
    they look like, the color is a kinda brown/red. I asked for two
    sisters who already play alot together. 
    Anyway I started thinking about names, and reading this note. Here's
    what I came up with so far. I combined names I read in this conference
    and names I read or heard elsewhere, keeping in mind that the names
    shouldn't sound very much alike but make a nice combination.
    
    Joy & Jingles
    Mikki & Maude (a film with Dudley Moore)
    Spazz & Spot
    Jill & Jollie
    Taz & Spazz (or Jazz but sounds are simular)
    Jazz & Joy
    Boots and Bangles
    Smudge & Sweetie
    Trish & Tasha
    
    I'll have a hard time making a choice, and the more names I read
    the harder it gets. I even opened the conference BABYNAMES but no
    luck there.
    
    Suggestions are welcome!
    
    Bye for now,
    
    Tatjana
     
    

    
    Out comes that "What to name the cat" book again... My favorite
    of all the ones I found was Cagney and Lacey, but here is what
    I found (some not appropriate for two females) :
    
    Martini and Rossi
    Pepsi and Coke
    Ravioli and Tortelloni
    Sevruga and Beluga (caviar)
    Spumoni and Tortoni
    Sushi and Sashimi
    Tempura and Sukiyaki
    
    Currie and Ives
    Pablo and Picasso
    Toulouse and Lautrec
    Winslow and Homer
    
    Castor (white star) and Pollux (orange star)
    Deimos and Phobus (moons of mars)
    Helios and Selene (sun and moon)
                                                   
    Abra and Cadabra
    Harum and Scarum
    Hebbie and Jebbie
    Mumbo and Jumbo
    
    Barunm and Bailey
    Blondi and Dagwood
    Chitty Chitti and Bang Bang
    Eeny Meeny and Miny Mo
    Pebbles and Bam Bam
    Ping and Pong
    Puss and Boots
    Tweedledum and Tweedledee
    
    Chow Mein and Lo Mein
    Eng and Chang (siamese twins)
    Hara and Kiri
    Rajah and Pasha
    
    Neiman and MArcus
    Lord and Taylor
    
    Flotsam and Jetsam (debris after an ocean storm)
    Patches and Scraps
    
    Bonnie and Clyde
    Cheech and Chong
    Jaba and Jedi (star wars)
    Laurel and Hardy
    Smokey and Bandit
    
    Bouncer and Bounder
    Dilly and Dally
    Dither and Tizzy
    Helter and Skelter
    Hither and Thither
    Hotsy and Totsy
    Hunky and Dory
    Jeepers and Creepers
    Pip and Squeak
    Razzle and Dazzle
    Rack and Ruin
    Scamper and Scatter
    Shilly and Shally
    Skidoo and Skedaddle
    Skimble and Skamble
    Snazzy and Spiffy
    Sugar and Spice
    Teeter and Totter
    Topsy and Turvy
    Twixie and Tweenie
    Twixie and Dixie
    Zig and Zag
    Itsy and Bitsy
    Maxi and Mini
    
    Punch and Judy
    Promeow and Juliet
    Tandy and Cronyn
    CEasar and Cleopatra
    Cagney and Lacey
    
    :-)
    
                                                           

    	Frick  &  Frack
    

    Karen, we have now entered the "M" year in Birman land and I need
    a really incredible M name for a really incredible sealpoint boy.
    
    Any suggestions.  I like Greek names, but don't know if there are
    any that would be fitting.  Also, traditionally have chosen French
    names for my cats.
    
    If you have time....
    
    Jo

    Midas, Minerva, Mikael, Mephistofeles (for a little  devil), Marathon,
    Morpheus (for a sleepyhead), .
    
    Deb

I like Fric and Frac
       Cagney and Lacey.

Just my vote.
Becky

    For the French:
    
    Monmartre, Mauvais, Mercredi, Mardi, Marsellais (masc. form),
    Michel.
    
    I can check Petite Larousse at home if you'd like.
    
    Mary-Michael

    Kibbles and Bits

    re: 59
    
    ha ha   I really like THAT one!!  K & B

    Re: .59
    
    I presume "Bits" would be the male kitty?  ;-)  ;-)
    
    Mary-Michael

 
    My votes:
    
    Pixie and Dixie (after the two little mice that Jinx the cat used
                     to chase)
    Chip and Dale   (the chipmunks from the cartoons)
    
    
    Jan

    And then there's always:
    
    This and That
    
    what I named a matched pair of white persians once!
    
    cin...who's not good with names and has a cat named NoName to prove
    it!
    

    I like kibbles and bits too!
    
    Just thought of another....
    	Jesse and James
    
    M

    re:63
    
    ?????? This and That ???????????  I thought Noname was something
    else!!!!!!!!!  Cin, we will have to get you a name book for Christmas
    or your birthday!
    
    Some names are  really cute, but then when I go and call the cat
    and hear how dumb the name sounds when I say it out loud, I wish
    I had selected something else, like Micki, or Kitty - here Kitty
    Kitty doesn't sound too bad like when I call Yurii Andreiveich,
    it's a little strange!!!

    A dear friend of ours names her two litter mate girl furfaces
    
      Sugar & Spice
    
    They turned out to be the nicest cats, guess that's why I have always
    liked those two names.
    
    Barbara, Mocha, & Ming

    For JoAnn,
    
    Neither Greek nor French, but an incredible name: Merlinus Ambrosius
    (merlin for short, of course).
    
    Some form of Merveille, Merveilleuse (for a girl).
    
    Also for a girl: Minerve. This is a tiny village in France that
    we visted last year. It's like the Greek name Minerva, so combines
    the languages for you!
    
    Magnifique, majestueux, majordome, majuscule, marechal.
    
    Maquerelle (for a naughty girl).
    
    Marcassin (for a boisterous boy).                     
    
    Marguerite.
    
    Marron - for a seal point. Matelot - for a (navy) blue point. Matou
    - means tomcat. Mauresque - for a seal point.
    
    What a lot there are! By the way, Jo Ann, can you explain why years
    have letters associated with them? And when does the year start?
    
    Shayne (NZ)
    

    How can you name a cat before you've met it and learned about
    its personality?
    
    Kitty names have always been something that "came to me" (sometimes
    literally in Bumpy-tail's case) after getting to know the cat
    somewhat.  
    
      Good luck! (I love Sugar & Spice)
       Nancy DC
    

    For the twins -
    
    	Pretencious & Precocious
    
    For the M's
    
    	MySinhs Mercedes Benz
    
    	MySinhs Monte Carlo
    
    
    	-Nancy

    
    Re: French and Greek M names
    
    Mange-Tout (Fr. eat everything)
    Miette (Fr. little crumb)
    Mignon, Mignonne (Fr. cute)
    Minette (Fr. little flirt)
    Morceau (Fr. small morsel)
    
    Melampus (Greek seer who could talk with animals)
    Mercedonious (extra month in Roman calendar)
    Messalina (Emperor Claudius' wife)
    Morpheus (Greek god of sleep and dreams)
    
    Thats all I could find.
    
    Karen

    
    
    I can't name a cat before I know him either..
    
    I always look at the cat, and decide what name he looks like.
    
    I guess thats why I've had cats named:  John, Jr., Tony, Steve,
    Jodi, Susan, etc.  oh well..  its not that strange, is it???!?!?!
    
    
    8*)

    Okay, lets try this again.  We lost our lat in the middle of my
    reply.  And that was the second time.  I never learn, I should create
    a file, but I like to be spontaneous ;^).
    
    Birmans in the US have been naming their cats with letters that
    correspond to the year they were born for years (since the A year
    I suppose).  It is fun, and sometimes useful in figuring out the
    age of a given cat.  It's a tradition.
    
    The M year started on the first day of the year, and will go til
    the last day of the year, then it will be the N year.  Since all
    the breeders are choosing names from the same letter, there can
    be a lot of duplication of names.  I prefer to have names that no
    one else has thougth of, and that can be hard.  SCBF, the Birman
    Club, publishes a list of names for each year, and if I think of
    a name, but it is on that list, then I know I can't use it.  Gets
    harder each year to come up with good names.  That is one reason
    why I use names from different languages.
    
    I also have to have a name that fits the cat.  Since the kittens
    grow up in my house, I have a pretty good idea of whether or not
    the name will fit.  For example,  I wanted to name Westie Mysinhs
    Live Wire, but he is the most laid back kitten I have ever seen.
    So instead he was named Mysinhs Livin in the Wild Wild West (hence
    the nickname Westie).  This name brings to my mind a cat who would
    hang around in hot tubs, sipping Margueritas and entertaining women,
    and that fits Westie to a tee.
    
    Thanks for all the name suggestions, they are great.  I could use
    some help with the meanings and pronounciation of a few of them,
    namely, Marcassin, Mauresque, Matou (is it Ma-too or Ma-to with
    a long O - I think this one is great!).
    
    Also, Shayne, are you located in New Zealand?  If so, I would like
    to talk with you offline about Birmans in your country.
    
    Jo

    RE .73
    
    Marcassin (pron. markassarn) - young wild boar.
    
    Mauresque (pron. mohresk) - Moorish
    
    Matou (pron. matoo) - tomcat
    
    Yes, I am in New Zealand - feel free to send mail. I don't know
    much about Birmans - know all about Burmese and Abyssinians, though!
    
    Shayne

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AIMHI::MCCURDY                                        0 lines   4-MAY-1989 12:56
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    .. well Pookies  formal name.. is.. DRUM ROLL PLEASE.. the Countess
    Portifiole of Vally View.. Allison (her breeder) always referred
    to her as the Countess.. or when she (pookie) was pregnant,
    she called her Putt-Putt..her mewing sounds changed during that
    time and it sounded like putt-puttpleaqs do not tell Pookie
    I shared this with you all..you know how she is !!!! :*)))..
    I nicknamed her Pookie.. and if I am speaking with her,,
    softly,, when We share the paper..she sits right up.. very regally..
    ... yes we read together.. Pookie like the society pages, financial
    section etc.. Happy likes the food section, the comics,, and the
    entertainment  section..  :*)))..
    Regards
    Kate

    Probably no help in others search 8-)
    
    But we have just taken on male twins, both black and white non-pedagree 
    kittens. They are currently 8 weeks old and have been with us a    
    week. My wife is a great Cliff Richard fan and decided to call them
    "Cliff" and "Shad" as in Cliff Richard and he shadows !!
    
    As an aside, they where well named, well Shad was as he seems to
    let the other take the lead in most things !!
    
    Mark

    
    	MOUSE - cause she squeeks (honest). She can't quite meow
    		and when she was litle I was afraid that her body
    		would never catch up to her big ears in size. She's
    		also double-pawed.
    
    	TIGGR - BIG, orange tiger cat - should be renamed Garfield.
    		Tiggr is my favorite character from Winnie the Pooh.
    
    
    
    				Heidi
    

    Heidi
    
    TIGGR is my favorite character from Winnie the Poo too.  I love
    him.  I had a Orange double pawed cat before and I named him TIGGR.
    
    Pam

	We have just got our cat, and me and my wife have
	think a lot of a nice & funny name. And one evening
	when we look at the videomovie 'back to the future', I say
	to my wife, funny name the professor have on his dog.
	It was 'Einstein'. Five minutes later it pop up.

	We should call our cat 'Nonstein'. (He should be castrated later)

	(I don't know if this pun work in English)

		Anders 		

re: pun

To us native-English types, "Einstein" is the name of a famous physicist.  
It takes a bit of German to translate it to  "a stone".  It then takes a 
somewhat twisted mind to change this to "no stone(s)", and apply it to an 
altered cat!

Ray_who's_suffering_from_groaning_giggles!

    I LOVE IT!!!!   Its even better than saying "We had the cat Broken"
    rather that "we had the cat fixed".!
       Nancy DC

    re: .82 -  Actually "Neinstein" might be better  ;-)

Not to put too fine a point on it, but my (feeble) recollection of the German
indicates that kein (no, none) is better than nein (no, opposite of yes).  In
any event, the catkin probably couldn't care less (about the language, much 
less the females).

Gary

    RE: .81  (The cat's broken instead of fixed)
    
    In one of the magazines I get (possibly CATS?) there was a cartoon that
    had two cats.  One of the cats said to the other, "We're getting FIXED
    tomorrow?  I didn't even know we were broken!"
    
    heehee!!  
    
    Holly
    

    
    I've had two cats in my life.  The first, I got when I was 8, her given
    name was Frisky... I hated it.  Then, when she was a year old she had a
    litter of 3 kittens and from that moment on and for the rest of her 15
    years...she was called Mamma Kitty.  No lie.  And I thought Frisky was
    stupid.  The second, I got about 5mths ago... she, I have named after a
    little island I read about in The Great Alone, by Janet Daily,  ATTU. 
    In the 5 months I have had her, she has entertained me greatly, and
    thought they are not really "tricks" her antics would probably best be
    discribed in the "tricks" notes.
    
    My mother has a cat that looks like the cat on the cover of Pet
    Semitary... I don't think IT has an offical name... World War 3, when
    it was reaking havock with my Mamma Kitty during her last days,  Jubba
    the Hut... it is just this large furbag that just lays there, and
    responds to GET OUTTA HERE ASSHOLE!  Why this cat has chose to remain,
    it's not abused...really, is beyond me.