--- vince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, everyone, reveal your pets' names, and why. > Lets see how much more > creative anyone was than Coco
I often don't name a pet (especially a cat)until I've lived with it for a while, at least a week or two. I name them after what I think they look like they should be named, so it has nothing to do with giving it a lot of thought. My pets' names are pretty prosaic. Cat named: Emily. AKA Smudge. This was the first cat my ex- and the kids and me had together and we argued about what to call her and Emily was the only name we all agreed on. The name I wanted to give her was Smudge, because she's a torty-shell mostly black with some orangey/tan and she looks like someone smudged the ink when they made her. I win in the end since my son and I both call her Smudge. Or Smoudini. Or Smooragoor. (Smudge led to Smudgie, led to Smudgrigar, as in budgie coming from budgrigar; Smudgrigar said in a slurred voice sounded like Smooragoor. Don't even ask.) Cat number two - named Charlotte. No arguments from anyone there. I figured if Cat No 1 was Emily, then Cat #2 had to be Charlotte. (aka Chuckles.) Cat number three - Salem (it was the kids' idea and I didn't argue with them. She's black and we got her when Samantha the Teenaged Witch was on TV.) Dog named Lizbit. She was already named when we got her and she was 8 when we got her. You don't mess with dogs' names, because they respond to them. Her CKC name is Sherjak's Jewel of the Pines, but she was never called that. Getting back to the Emily/Smudge/Smoudini/etc thing, I also give people a whole bunch of names. I used to call my sister Margaret any of the following: Mugsie, Mugwump, Maggot, Murk, etc; my sister Anne could be Arne Saknussen (sp?), Annika, etc; my sister Susan was aka Susquehanna, Sasquatch, Soupy and a bunch more. The only sibling I didn't have a lot of names for was my brother Michael. I just couldn't think of any. My ex's name was (and still is) Gert (it's German. It's not short for anything.) I used to call him Gertitude, Gertitudinous, Gertron, Treg and, oh yeah, Shithead. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
