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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

774.0. "One cat, many names..." by EUCLID::PAULHUS (Chris @ MLO 8-3/T13 dtn 223-6871) Tue Sep 15 1987 15:16

	I wonder if I confuse my cat by calling him different names?
    Depending on the occasion, I will address him using a wide range
    of titles.  His name is Copernicus, but I almost never use that,
    and I hardly ever use just his knickname: Copy

	Instead I've found myself using:
		Kitty-Cat
		Copy Cat
		Kittius Catius   (kit'-e-yus  cat'-e-yus)
		Damn Cat
		Rocket-Cat
		Dumb Cat
		The Liddle Kiddy-Cat
		Cat Fish   (playing with rag-on-string-on-pole)
		The Ani-mule  (corr.:  animal)
		The Ferocious Kitty-Cat (when stalking leaves)		
		Copernicus, Kittius Cattius, Copy Cat (mock-formal)
			and, I'm sure, others.		

	I wonder if other owners also confuse their cats?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
774.1	What's in a name?	EXODUS::ALLEN		`Tue Sep 15 1987 17:43`	32
	Well, I don't have QUITE so many, but my cat Sebastion knows all the names I call him... Sebastion Baby (hence ->) Sebaby (further hence ->) SABEY! (Say-bee) (yes it gets shorter) SABE! (long a, -rhymes with babe) The big Sabe (then there's) Saber-tooth (the mighty hunter) GOOD KITTY! (to which he purrs and says, "yes, I AM wonderful, aren't I?") He does get confused when I call my husband, Dave, and he comes running (the cat, not Dave)... but then sometimes when I call "SABE!" I hear Dave yell "WHAT?" I like to "sing" to Sebastion his favorite song... "Hey, Sabe, take a walk on the wild side, I said, Hey, Sabey, take a walk on the wild side..." (I can never remember who sings that song) And I must not forget Claude, alias Claude_with_an_e, Claudia, Claudius-Minimus, Claudia-kitty, Claudette, Panther-paws, and if she's being stubborn and won't come, Sebastion. Sebastion always comes when I call, and she figures if he's there it must be something good, besides, she has to do everything he does. Amy.
774.2	Merlin's alias	INK::KALLIS	Raise Hallowe'en awareness.	`Tue Sep 15 1987 18:18`	8
	Merlin, because of his Manx heritage and his (almost embarrassing) affection towards me, is frequently called "Puppy Cat" to his face, and is often referred to as "the puppy." But he knows his _real_ name is Merlin, T. S. Eliot to the contrary nonwithstanding. Steve Kallis, Jr.
774.3	Spunky and Wits-a-Wits	RATTLE::LANDRY		`Tue Sep 15 1987 20:01`	15
	I have two cats with all sorts of nicknames - my mother thinks I am crazy: Zildjian - alias wits-a-wits (said in a singing voice), its-a-wits, my baaaabbbbyyyy! (that's her favorite), yitty-cat, its-a-bits, the white one (she is practically all white, and I mean white) Paradiddle - alias spunky, skunky, purr-face (she has a great voice), my maine coon (said in a singing voice), fatso (she has a clump of fat that hangs under her belly) and dummy. This precious kitty has a habit of turning on her back and crying out loud (you'ld think someone was being mean to her) when I sing out her name. anna
774.4	Spike and Bobo	IMGAWN::OLOUGHLIN		`Tue Sep 15 1987 21:52`	30
	My mother's cat has picked up a few nicknames over the years : Conika (sp?) Verde (full name - Spanish meaning is green marble) Nika (pronounced Nee-ka) Nik the Sneak Super Nik Sneaker kitty-cat fur-face fuzzy-butt lord of the manor the animal The Sage My own kitties havn't had time to pick up so many nicknames yet. They're only 3 1/2 months old. But they do have some : Etienne Navarre aka Spike, Squeaker, the road hog* Isabeau aka Bobo (now that I know he's a he,not a she), itty bitty pretty one, speed bump+,cry baby The road hog because occasionally he runs from one end of the appartment to the other and stops for NOTHING!(except the wall) Isabeau is called the speed bump because Etienne doesn't stop for him either! Re .3 Sounds like the cats were named by a percussionist. Terry
774.5	re .4	RATTLE::LANDRY		`Wed Sep 16 1987 12:57`	8
	Re .4 As a matter of fact my husband is a drummer and he came up with those names. Hence, the nicknames cuz most people can't pronounce their real names. anna
774.6		BEES::SCHLIESMANN	Shoe horns don't work in a crowd	`Wed Sep 16 1987 13:37`	10
	My wife has many names for one of our cats (his 'name' is Bud): Butter BooBooz Booz Butter Ball And a whole bunch more I can't think of. What do I call the cat? Butt.
774.7	Name Nonsense	16821::BALL		`Wed Sep 16 1987 14:23`	19
	This made me laugh so hard. I thought I was alone in this nonsense. Back in my poorer days (before DEC?) I lived in a house with 5 other people and 7 cats. One Friday night we were sitting around getting stupid and thinking up middle names for our felines. Corkie ended up with Corkie Sue (we were getting stupid, OK.) So this made the list endless. She gets: Corkie Corkie Sue Sue Sue Bay (Sue Baby) Kee Bay (Kitty Baby) Sue Kee Bay Cee Sue and Garys' favorite "PUSS" Decipher this "monner yuvs a Cee Sue Bay". Pat
774.8	I can just IMAGINE what she calls me	CIVIC::JOHNSTON	rebel without applause	`Fri Sep 18 1987 15:55`	13
	May cat answers to [when she's answering]: Maggie [her _real_ name] Maggie Mae [from my husband when she's sociable] Mags Baggie [she'll cross international borders to jump in ANY bag] Tart [from my husband most of the time] Princess [also sometimes referred to as Princess Margaret] Maggits [when she 'helps' me cook] I guess we know who runs _our_ house... Annie
774.9	Funny how this happens!	NHL::WATKINS		`Thu Sep 24 1987 14:54`	13
	Our cats have a few nicknames, too: Hannah: Hanny-face, Hannah Banana and most descriptive of all... Bad-Hannah-The-Lamp-Breaker (occasionally varies to The-Plant_Eater) (she picked this one up from a childhood "accident") Alex is either Alexandra, or Alley-Cat Scarlett is either Miss Scarlett (the movie) Miss O'Hara, Scarley-poo or Sca-Sca. These cats haven't been around too long. You should hear all the things we call our dog Willie! Stacie
774.10	And this from a grown woman??	NOD::TAMIR		`Fri Sep 25 1987 14:46`	10
	It's not bad enough that Hamilton Bates Farnsworth gets called "Honey" all the time, but I make it worse with "Hunny-Bunny" and "Boobie-Woobie". Chauncey Coleman Farnsworth gets "Chauncey-Wantsy" and "Puff". Chauncey also gets called "Little One" cause he's so tiny (just 6 pounds at 16 months). Around my house, the Van Grayson boys get called "Dashley Ashley" and "Beauty Boy Van Grayson"; Skyler just gets called "The Poop!" Mary
774.11	Building a Schizo Cat	MEMV01::BULLOCK	Flamenco--NOT flamingo!!	`Thu Oct 01 1987 14:24`	24
	Well! It's good to see that I'm not the only cat-owner soft in the head! :-) My Billie (named for Billie Holiday, for her melodius voice and bird-like chirps) has the following nicknames: Billie-fish Bilbo Bibby-Lou Billie-Tuna (dir. of the first one) Tootsy-Looba Pooty Pootsy-Cat Skoodly-Doo-Dah (figure that one out) Whadda-GOOD-girly!! Bubbsy Bubba-Lou Bibbs P-Girl (dir. of my fiance's house-hold name for her--highly unflattering--"Pshead" (that other word for "urine"?) No wonder she's a wacko! Thanks for this note, Jane