How should I name my cat?

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]So I gave up on the room mate... I decided to get a cat instead. Cats are far less annoying than room mates. They don`t pay rent, though, but nevermind, :D

But how should I name it? I asked my friends - one suggested Ricardo, the other Belzebub. They`re not very useful.

Anyone useful on this Forum? :p[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Find a good Klingon or Bajoran name. Depending on the temper of the Cat. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I believe the rule with cats is to name it whatever you want, since it won't come when you call anyway :smile:[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]What ever you do, don't name it Zebu :O :lol:


Like NAH said, no matter what you name it it's not going to come when you call. I usualy find that if you wait a whild animals will name them selves. It will do something or will make you think of something, and you'll have your name.

and if that doesn't work, take Celeste's advice :D[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I was about to suggest Delenn, but I figure it's a tomcat, no? Name it John. It's a good solid name for a creature with nine lives :)

I'm kidding. I say give it a good Elvish name. But only because I have a fetish for Elvish names. Harrumph. Katy Jane has good ideas, though: you might want to listen to her.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Cats are far less annoying than room mates.[/quote:post_uid0]
Thanks! :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]My cat comes when you call her, but only if you call her Food.

What colour is the cat? If it's grey, you can call it Mithcharoth (grey-jaw).[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oooo... and when do we get to see pictures? :bigsmile:[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[quote:post_uid0="Nic Corelli"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Anyone useful on this Forum? :p[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Not me, but that's never stopped me before.

The obvious name is, of course, "Spot."

Um, just before I go trawling for ideas, what kind of name do you have in mind? Noble? Humorous? Friendly? Trek-y? And, male or female?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I'd pick something [i:post_uid0]Dune[/i:post_uid0]-ish, like Thufir, Guerney, Shaddam or Hasimir. But then I'm a nerd.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I like Hasimir for a cat name![/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, he was a right scheming sod, so it's fitting for a cat really. I wouldn't mention the assassin part though, you might give kitty some ideas...[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Standback"]Um, just before I go trawling for ideas, what kind of name do you have in mind? Noble? Humorous? Friendly? Trek-y? And, male or female?[/quote:post_uid0]
I haven`t decided - any name would do, actually...

I`m also done asking my friends - one of them suggested Glorious Imperial Cat of Romulus.

[quote:post_uid0]What colour is the cat? Â If it's grey, you can call it Mithcharoth (grey-jaw). [/quote:post_uid0]

Well, the problem is... I`m planning in advance, I don`t have a cat yet, :D But I`m getting it tomorrow, or Thursday definitely! I`ll try to get a black and white cat... or an orange cat... What name do you think fits that? :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]I`ll try to get a black and white cat... or an orange cat... What name do you think fits that?[/quote:post_uid0]

Black and white: Oreo.

Orange: Ginger, although that's a bit obvious.

My knowledge of Elven has suddely deserted me, and my copy of The Silmarillion (with dictionary) is back in Kelowna, and I'm too lazy to find one online.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]And, male or female?[/quote:post_uid0]
I haven`t decided[/quote:post_uid0]
*Blink*

[quote:post_uid0]Well, the problem is... I`m planning in advance, I don`t have a cat yet[/quote:post_uid0]
Ah! :think:[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]The cat arrives on Tuesday. I suspect she`s from Enterprise B...

(hm, this is probably the first time I`ve ever written the words "Enterprise B")

Anyway, it`s a female, completely white cat. What would be a good name for something like that?

(do not say Snow White) :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Neige Blanche.

*beams*

Mrs. Bigglesworth?[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Sneeuwwitje? Sneewittchen? :p[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Just some random thoughts...

* Pearl
* Annika
* Merlot (like the wine)
* Trinity (or just "Trin")
* Scratch
* Slink
* Freud (as in Sigmond)
* Sansa (or just about any nice name from Song of Ice and Fire - I'm a big fan... )
* Snowball

I might also suggest that all female members of this forum have rather nice names; your cat may consider adopting any one of them.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yeah. Call your cat "Cat" :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]^ Now thatÂ’s just mean ;) (this from a girl that once had a gerbil named hamster)

From Standbacks list, Trinity stands out to me, especially Trin for a nickname.

And if you've ever seen the movie Treasure Planet, you could use the name Amelia, which is the name of the kitty captain, she was the coolest thing in that movie. :D

http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v43/katyjane/ameliasmall.jpg[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Anymore, I just call 'em all "Cat" (pronounced "Kett", [i:post_uid0]a la[/i:post_uid0] Ignatz Mouse, in Krazy Kat) -- they'll know who you're talking to.

And yes, they're better than roommates (well, most of them. ;))[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, well, if it's a girl, then Irulan, definetly. I would suggest a few Bene Gesserit names, but I can't seem to recall any at the moment other than Gaius Helen Mohiam, which is hardly catchy. There's always Jessica I suppose.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Mega Man has a cat called Tango.[/color:post_uid0]

[ijdgaf]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I'm gonna name my future cat "Occupant".

Don't steal my idea though :(

You could go with the narrator in [i:post_uid0]Fight Club[/i:post_uid0]'s idea, and name it "Entourage". :)[/color:post_uid0]

[Opium]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hmm, I tried naming my cats after stuff I liked, like an art period or music style, that the cat reminds me of.

Or you could just name it "SuperCuteBall'oFir" because really, that's what all cats are :)[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Apart from Standback, we're not helping much, are we? :D[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]^ Speaking for myself, no, I suppose not. Just a me and cat thing, I guess. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Just a me and cat thing, I guess.[/quote:post_uid0]
This is getting confusing... :D[/color:post_uid0]

[NeoMatrix]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Name it a Star Trek character you just want to yell at, lol.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[quote:post_uid0="NeoMatrix"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Name it a Star Trek character you just want to yell at, lol.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]KATHRYN! Get away from that steak! No coffee for you!

[quote:post_uid0]And if you've ever seen the movie Treasure Planet, you could use the name Amelia, which is the name of the kitty captain, she was the coolest thing in that movie.:D
[/quote:post_uid0]

Aw, missed that one. Still, it`s a nice name...

[quote:post_uid0]Sneeuwwitje? Sneewittchen?
[/quote:post_uid0]

What is this second one? Snow Witch? I`d put three extra question marks but I`m afraid of Zeke.

[quote:post_uid0]I might also suggest that all female members of this forum have rather nice names; your cat may consider adopting any one of them.
[/quote:post_uid0]

I`ll suggest that to her, and will inform you of her decision, :D

[quote:post_uid0]Sansa (or just about any nice name from Song of Ice and Fire - I'm a big fan... )
[/quote:post_uid0]

Get out of town! I just got myself [i:post_uid0]A Game of Thrones[/i:post_uid0] on Saturday. I saw my sister reading it, checked the book out a little, and it looked so cool! So I asked her to borrow it to me.[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Get out of town! I just got myself A Game of Thrones on Saturday. I saw my sister reading it, checked the book out a little, and it looked so cool! So I asked her to borrow it to me.[/quote:post_uid0]

My friend, you are in for a treat. :)

[i:post_uid0]Ice and Fire[/i:post_uid0] has been, like, my #1 favorite book (series) since I found it in 2000. Martin is brilliant in every single aspect of writing. Complex and gripping plots, wonderful (and numerous) characters, best job of world creation since Tolkien (except without the slow, plodding narrative...), and all so original and detailed...

OK, I'll be quiet now.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]What is this second one? Snow Witch? I`d put three extra question marks but I`m afraid of Zeke.[/quote:post_uid0]
Snow White. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I`m starting with the reading today, :)

When I saw the map of "England" (The Seven Kingdoms?) on the beginning of the book, I was mesmerized and found myself observing the map for half an hour, :D I just knew I had to read that thing.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[quote:post_uid0="catalina_marina"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Snow White. :D[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Argh... Didn`t I say something related to Snow White? :O[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]You did, but Sa'ar was the one who started it. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Nic Corelli"]When I saw the map of "England" (The Seven Kingdoms?) on the beginning of the book, I was mesmerized and found myself observing the map for half an hour, :D I just knew I had to read that thing.[/quote:post_uid0]
::blink blink:: Map of England? How come you call it that? Is there much similarity between the Seven Kingdoms map and that of England?

If so, that's very interesting, because the series is (very loosely) based on the War of Roses, so...

In any case, it's definitely a neat map... And neater yet is the way we actually hear about so many of the places on it, and then visit them, one by one...

(goes back to shutting up)[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[quote:post_uid0="Standback"][color=#000000:post_uid0]::blink blink:: Map of England? How come you call it that? Is there much similarity between the Seven Kingdoms map and that of England?[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]That IS England, :D Of course, with different cities and names of the rivers, mountains, islands, etc, so it`s impossible to tell that from reading the book, but from looking at a map, you can recognize England (if you like geography very, very much like I do)... :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]OK, that is [i:post_uid0]extremely[/i:post_uid0] neat... I'd love to hear what places correspond to what (though you might want to read a bit and see what places are the important ones in the book before you go too far down the list...)[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[quote:post_uid0="Standback"][color=#000000:post_uid0]OK, that is [i:post_uid0]extremely[/i:post_uid0] neat... I'd love to hear what places correspond to what (though you might want to read a bit and see what places are the important ones in the book before you go too far down the list...)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I started reading, and it seems Scotland is the Haunted Forest, where the monsters live, :D Although my book is in Croatian, so I don`t know if the original name is "Haunted Forest". Might be Haunted Woods, Cursed Woods, Cursed Forest... I`d like it better if the book were in English, the last 5 books I read were in English, I got used to it...but, my sister got this Croatian translation for her birthday, so...

And the Frozen Shore is also Scotland... However, is it the Frozen Shore, or the Frozen Coast, or the Icy Coast, or the...? :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[quote:post_uid0="catalina_marina"][color=#000000:post_uid0]You did, but Sa'ar was the one who started it. ;)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hm...

It seems I`m better at Dutch than at French!

I might take Neo`s advice, and call it after a Star Trek character I want to yell at... :D Kathryn!

Actually, I don`t want to yell at Kathryn, she is, in my opinion, the best Star Trek character ever. That also is a good reason to name a cat after her, ain`t it? :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]That also is a good reason to name a cat after her, ain`t it?[/quote:post_uid0]

Only if she's a ginger cat.[/color:post_uid0]

[MaverickZer0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]How about Snowbell? Or Marine?

I like Zeke's idea. Tango is a good name for a cat.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Tango would be great for a male cat... but the cat is female...

So I called her Kathryn, after all! :D She`s not ginger, but hey, nobody`s perfect. She`s polar white, :D

And she`s scheming. She ate a whole big can of cat food today. Later I read on the can that it should last TWO days. She tricked me, she wasn`t hungry, just wanted to overeat! :D[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I see you have a lot to learn about the ways of cats, my friend.[/color:post_uid0]

[Artanis]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I always wanted a Cat, but my dad hates them.

My pets are named after book characters: Erik, Horatio, Gilraen, Maggie[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]She tricked me, she wasn`t hungry, just wanted to overeat![/quote:post_uid0]

No, she was hungry. Cats are always hungry, even when they aren't. They just think they are.

My cat, Molly, is convinced she's constantly starving. Either that or she has tapeworms.[/color:post_uid0]

[Naki]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]my two cats are called Thomas and Charles weird eh?[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Who calls a cat "Charles Weird Eh"?[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I've always wanted to name a pet after a Discworldian camel, but going out into the street and having to shout "Here,You Vicious Bastard! Here boy!" is rather a downside.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Just be sure that pet is a cat. Then you won't have to call it.[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Alright, you've had your week. Whaddya think of [i:post_uid0]Ice and Fire[/i:post_uid0] so far? :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Naki]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]i've heard it's really good but i haven't read it yet my stupid fhity libray doesn't get any good deamering books and i'm flat skint[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[quote:post_uid0="Standback"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Alright, you've had your week. Whaddya think of [i:post_uid0]Ice and Fire[/i:post_uid0] so far? :D[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, I had very little time to read it, I`ve only read 42 pages so far... but I can already say that I love it! I`ve been quoting it to a friend over SMS messages today, :D These 42 pages seem VERY promising...

That Viserys guy is eeevil, :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Important information regarding the cat:

I have renamed her from Kathryn to Oddity. The Croatian word for that is Čudo. Pronounced Tchudo.

Mostly because of her attempts at destroying the furniture, attacking the cellphone and switching the channel during DS9. And other, numerous examples of odd behaviour...

I unconciously started calling her Oddity. Then I realized I always call her that and never by her name. So there. It`s now official![/color:post_uid0]

[AKAArzosah]

[quote:post_uid0="Nic Corelli"][color=#000000:post_uid0]I`m also done asking my friends - one of them suggested Glorious Imperial Cat of Romulus.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Ooh! I like that name! You could call it Rommie for short![/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yes. I [i:post_uid0]do wonder[/i:post_uid0] why, oh Andropologist... :p[/color:post_uid0]

[AKAArzosah]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Yep! :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Nic Corelli"]I`m also done asking my friends - one of them suggested Glorious Imperial Cat of Romulus.[/quote:post_uid0]
I [i:post_uid0]like[/i:post_uid0] it. ;)

Gotta go with Pointy with "Irulan" for a female.

Maybe Leto or Atreus if a boy? ;)

Hmm...

Tiel (tee-ell), Koei (koh-way), Turin, Nam Rii (nom-ree), Wist, Yumyum, Ameretat, Damathat, Pantalaimon, Spud, Yamamanama, Vantigo, Caylem, Padma, Waru, Amaani, Lucco, Sennin, Huan, Pi, Cashew, Velcro, Spline, Spaz, Maitake (my-ta-keh, s'Japanese), Kiku, Ginaz, Chani, Ramallo...

*shrug* Depends on the cat, I suppose. ;)

Edit: Prolly shoulda noticed the gender was decided, but it's almost 3 AM. I write it off as fatigue-addling. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oooo... "Oddity"'s a great name... I just didn't understand, do you use the English word, or in Croation?

And, how's [i:post_uid0]Ice and Fire[/i:post_uid0]? ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Opium]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Awww! Cute kitty name :D[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Pi? :O[/color:post_uid0]

[Quinalla]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I hope you have fun with your cat, they are kind of like mini-kids, very frustrating at times and so wonderful at other times :) You already have your cat's name, but my advice has always been to name them those ridiculous names you have in your head that you are thinking about naming your kids someday. That is what I did, named my two cats after video game characters, Luna and Celes.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[quote:post_uid0="Standback"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Oooo... "Oddity"'s a great name... I just didn't understand, do you use the English word, or in Croation?

And, how's [i:post_uid0]Ice and Fire[/i:post_uid0]? ;)[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0][i:post_uid0]Ice and Fire[/i:post_uid0] is brilliant! But I read it with a lot of week-or-two-long interruptions, because I can barely find the time... mostly because I`m hanging around here all the time, :D But don`t worry, when the phone bill arrives and I get a heart attack, I`ll have plenty of time for reading it in the hospital bed all day, :D :D

About the cat, I call her by the Croatian name... TCHUDO! But in English-speaking environments, she is referred to as Oddity...

Who would have thought that after all the posts and suggestions in this thread, the beast would end up with Oddity? :D

And Quinalla, you`re right. A mini-kid. Heck, it`s close to a real kid. All of my clothes are wrecked (white hair), the apartment is in chaos, my daily rhythm crashed, furniture threatened with destruction... But she`s so cute and fun, :D :D[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hairy clothes? You'd better get used to it. It's the one thing I don't miss about having cats or a golden Lab.[/color:post_uid0]

[Katy Jane]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Try hand raiseing kittens some time, then you've realy have mini kids on your hands :O Albeit its kind of an accelrated process. When we got our kitty Zebu we hand to bottle feed her for about a month every 4 hours or so :O. Then when they (both she and or other cat Shadow were hand raised this way) grow up they realy do think they are human. After 13 years Shadow still gets upset that we wont let him eat at the table and Zebu refuses eat alone. and they only way she will allow us to hold her is if we cradle her on her back like a baby :lol:[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

Oooo... and when do we get to see pictures? :bigsmile:


Soon! A.k.a. 8 months and 26 days later! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/nic_corelli/d1.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/nic_corelli/DevilCat.gif


The cell phone managed to survive multiple onslaughts of jaws and fangs. But not without several scratches and falling apart in three pieces! :mrgreen:

[Zeke]

Wow. That's one very white cat. And the cellphone thing is so cute....

My parents have picked up two new cats without warning in the last six months. I haven't even seen one of them (it was after my move to Waterloo).

[Chancellor Valium]

Hmm....maybe it's a plot to undermine you and this website?
*Makes Zeke's eyes twitch at Ludicrous Speed*

[Opium]

Cute kitty! Like a fuzzy marshmellow!

[Nic Corelli]

Wow. That's one very white cat.

She is, isn`t she? I suspect she arrived from the North Pole. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[PointyHairedJedi]

*Cues Jabba's Theme*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/PointyHairedJedi/oddhutt.jpg

:D

[Nic Corelli]

:P :P :P :P :P