Friday, May 1, 2009

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

I thought I'd throw open the blog for everyone to send me samples of unusual, hysterical, rhyming-you name it-pet names-perhaps with a brief sentence or two about WHY they are worthy of comment. You may send them to my email jkleven@sailsinc.org, and after I get another list, I'll publish them here. Meanwhile, I'm enclosing my list of laughable and intriguing names that I've come across lately.
Judie's Felines:
Literary: Jane Eyre(Bronte), Emma Woodhouse(Austen)

Siamese: KoKo & Yum Yum (Gilbert& Sullivan's Mikado), Tuptim (The King and I).

Scottish Folds: Robert the Bruce (historic hero), Fiona MacDougal(FEE!), Lorna Doone-
Blackmore(historical novel and shortbread cookie)

LAUGH-OUT-LOUD from Darby Conley's "Get Fuzzy"
Quentin Tabbytino (Siamese is determined to direct a movie)
Meowsolini-Bucky cat is a bossy, overbearing, tan & brown s-i-a-m-e-s-e
Ditto: Kitty Amin, Ghenghis Khat

Others of note:
Entropy-cat who couldn't walk a straight line, or much at all-so was inert, as his name indicates.

Sugar-ironic moniker of library staffer's ball o' fluff who was mean as they come-sister of Pepper & Salt

Snappy-beloved cat of children's librarian-- however lived up to her name-very cranky.

More Cute Names from a reader:
Klause (pronounced Claws in Germany)

Let's not forget our canine friends:

These are real:
Killer- Pekinese
Sweetie-Doberman
Ophelia-Cocker who used to gaze into his water bowl just like Shakespeare's doomed damsel.
Rumplestiltskin, Old Blue Eyes, and Amazing Grace!





Pekinese (tiny)-Killer, Doberman (huge)-Sweetie

2 comments:

  1. Claus -- who had a bad habit of jumping off the top of the refrigerator and clawing his way down the nearest human's back...

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  2. You forgot one of your own cats!
    Raggedly Andy (or Ann) -- for Rag Doll Cats

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