Conference misery::feline_v1

    How bout "Gone with the Wind" :^)
    
    Jo

    How about...
    
       Earmuff
       Bugs (as in bunny)
       Wabbit
       Earshot
    Tell your sister to beware..my Tamba has real big ears and we are
    forever going to the Vets to get them cleaned.  The Vets said "what
    do you expect..a bird could fly in there".   I wish your sister
    good luck and hope the kitty brings her as much happiness as my
    Tamba.
    
    Sandy (Tamba, Poco, and Barkley)
    

    Is your sister a Star Trek fan?  An of the vulcan names would be
    quite appropriate.
     Nancy DC

    ....and there is always 'Dumbo'.
    
    Not implying that she will be/is dumb....I just loved the story!!
    Gaining self esteem - self confidence and trust.  So endearing.
    
    Good luck!
    
    

      I've got one of those...Mega-Ears kitties also seem to have
    mega-voices. I took my "Cookie" to the Vet yesterday for her annual
    checkup/shots, and along with her was a cat who is terrified of cars. 
    I KNOW you aren't supposed to let a cat loose in the car, but Cook
    absolutely goes berserk in a cat carrier, so when we get all settled in
    I open her carrier and let her roam. When she's the only cat in the car
    she is very quiet and ends up on the seat-back behind my
    neck...stretched out with her head toward the window.. This time
    though, she was upset because the other guy kept moaning, so she let
    out a howl that I would have thought totally impossible from a 5 pound
    cat!! Her little mouth formed into an "O" and the sound amost shattered
    the windows!! Then she crawled up into the seat with me, parked herself
    on my chest with her head tucked up under my chin, and began to
    PPUUURRRRR!!! It was as if she was saying "Now I'm safe..cause Daddy's
    here to protect me"!!
    
    
       One suggestion for the big-ears that I "almost" used for Cookie was
    simply "Meg" which is short for "Mega", which is Latin for million but 
    has been 'colloquialized' to mean big...of course, it also is a neat
    little girl name, so it the big-eared kitty is a boy it isn't 
    appropriate..
    
    JMcD

    I just called my Mom, who is French, and she said "big ears" is oreille
    grande.  The adjective comes after the noun in French.   Oreille is
    pronounced  with that rolling r sound and a soft e. 
    
    Terry
    
                                                        

    Oh, that is a very pretty name!!  I think you should use it!  What a
    dignified way to say "Big Ears"!
    

    Hi Everyone,
    
    Thanks so much for the great names, keep 'em comming.  
    
    Terry, my sister says the name you came up with (can't remeber the
    spelling without looking at the note) on how to say "Big Ears" in
    French, is actually the Latin Name.  The way she discovered it was
    her Vet had told her the Latin Version.  I think the first word might
    me "La Grande" because I use to know how to say "Shut Your Big Mouth"
    in French, nice huh?!?
    
    I will let you all know the name this little girl with all ears is
    blessed with!
    
    Thx Again!
    
    Lori

"Big ears" in French translates to "grandes orielles" (granz-o-ray).  
I bit beyond the 2 syllable rule of thumb for pet names.  Perhaps
just orielles, or ears, would do?  You could always knock the "s" off 
of the end and ba*tardize the pronounciation into something similar to 
Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" movie.  Just a thought...

Shawn (Who occasionally calls his father's Collie "flea bag" in French)
    

    RE.8  -  In French, Italian, Spanish etc..you will find words
    still used in their Latin form, particulary in French..
    Orielle grande is Big  ears in french and Latin.
    
                          

       And in Spanish it's "Grande' Orejas"...(pronouced Grand-aye
    O-ray-hahs)..
    
    John McD

    RE: .5

    >imply "Meg" which is short for "Mega", which is Latin for million but 
    >as been 'colloquialized' to mean big.

    Actually, it is from the word Greek "megalos" (not sure how to spell it
    using the English character set). This is the superlative of the word big
    (actually, you use this word when you want to exaggerate somethings
    size), and is the primary meaning of the word. A secondary meaning of
    it is million, which is where we get the prefix "Mega" from.

    Deb (who suffered though more Greek and Latin than she cares
         to remember)

    
    	I have a "Mouse" a home; all black, double paws, and
    	HUGE ears.... 
    
    	For ages I feared her body wouldn't grow enough to fit her ears. 
    	She never learned to meowr properly either so she sort of squeeks 
    	- hence the "Mouse".
    
    		Heidi
    

    How about "Earma" a take off on Irma?
    

    How about naming the kitten Gizmo, after the cute animal-type thing in
    the movie 'Gremlins?'  He had big ears, too.
    
    BTW, I'm Cathy, I have two cats (of unknown breed...Mutt sums it up)
    and I've never written in here before, but have been reading for
    awhile.  One cat is a female, 3 yrs old, long jet black fur.  She has a
    patch of white under her chin and a speck on her belly.  Her name is
    Spook (or Spooky, Boo, Punkin, Little face, Pea eyes, Pook, Baby...)
    
    My other cat is a 2 3/4 yr old male, striped tiger with beautiful
    colors.  He has white under his chin, on a strip running the length of
    his belly, and on all four paws.  His name is (how original) Mittens
    (or Baby, Punkin, Fuzz face, Fatso, Heffer, Little Moo...)

      Re .12
      Hey........I LOVE "Ratholes", so since you corrected me, I have to
    retaliate and correct you too.;=}..
    
      Ya got the nationality right...but according to "Webster's New World
    Dictionary", "Mega" comes from the Greek "megas", meaning great, or
    mighty....
    
      HOW-SOME-EVER, this same Dictioneary states that the word "megalo",
    is ModL, or "Modern LATIN"...
    
      So there!!
    
    John McD.......
    

    re: .9
    Now I might just have to steal that name for one of my kittens.
    :-)  I'll just leave out the "grandes" part.  Anyone know what
    "folded" is in French?

    I got my information from Divry's New English-Greek/Greek-English
    Dictionary; megas and megalos are the same word.

    Megalos is definitely Greek. Megalo may well in Modern Latin, but I'll
    bet it was derived from Greek Megalos. The American Heritage Dictionary
    of the English Language that I have here in my office (std DEC issue)
    lists the prefix "megalo-" as largeness or exaggerated size, and derived
    it from Greek "megas", or great.

    Deb

      Re .18
      BOY-O-BOY!! You're REALLY being "recalcitrant" (definition #2)!!
    
      Actually, I never heard of "Divry's", but this one's the "Webster's
    New World Dictionary", second college edition, Copyright 1970, 1972,
    1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988...Simon &
    Schuster, publishers. Library of Congress cat. # 0-671-41809-2cl.,
    indexed, #0-671-41807-6cl.,plain edge, #0-671-41811-4 Pbk.
    
      I think this is the one commonly used in most of our Colleges and
    Universitys....but I'll also check my 25 pound Webster's Unabridged
    tonite to make sure!!!    ;-]
    
      By the way...I think a LOT of Latin and Greek words are derived from
    each other...
    
      John Mc
    
    

    And now, to relate this conversation back to cat's...did you know
    that any cat can be disqualified from a show for.......
    
    			RECALCITRANT BEHAVIOR?????
    
    
    
    :^) :^) :^)
                        
    Jo

    Hi
    
    My suggestion would have been Dumbo, but someone beat me to it :-)
    
    So how about, Megs or Oriel (sounds similar(ish)  to the French word)
    
    Best regards,
    
    Karen
    
    
    

    How about calling her "B.E.A."  (Bea-trice?)
    
    Short for Big Earred Animal?              
    
    Or "B.E.C." Big Earred Cat? "B.E.C.Ky" Big Earred Cat Kitty? (Becky?)
                                         
    I like an off spelling/sounding name on the Orielle word, too!
    
    Oriell, Oriel, Oriele, Or pronounce the French word in English
    
    Or-ee-ell, or Ellie?                     
                                                                      
    Just don't call her late to supper!  :-)
    
    L-

	Yoda....................from star wars?

	Heather