If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Tweed |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
Christina Websell wrote:
From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Tweed Depends on which part of the play you're referring to! If it's when his band of friends are calling for him, it's just "ROMEO!" If it's Juliet on the balcony doing a soliliquy then you may add "wherefore art thou, Romeo?" Jill |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
On May 1, 7:48 pm, "jmcquown" wrote:
Christina Websell wrote: From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Tweed Depends on which part of the play you're referring to! If it's when his band of friends are calling for him, it's just "ROMEO!" If it's Juliet on the balcony doing a soliliquy then you may add "wherefore art thou, Romeo?" Which doesn't mean "where are you" but "why are you." Will in New Haven -- "I'm not pompous, I'm pedantic. Allow me to explain the difference" - NancyButtons on rec.arts.sf.written Jill- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
Will in New Haven wrote:
On May 1, 7:48 pm, "jmcquown" wrote: Christina Websell wrote: From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Tweed Depends on which part of the play you're referring to! If it's when his band of friends are calling for him, it's just "ROMEO!" If it's Juliet on the balcony doing a soliliquy then you may add "wherefore art thou, Romeo?" D Which doesn't mean "where are you" but "why are you." Will in New Haven True... because it's followed afterwards by "Deny thy father and refuse thy name" since who he was prevented them from hooking up But I still like Romeo & Juliet as good names for a pair of male & female kittens! Jill |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
On May 2, 9:35 am, "jmcquown" wrote:
Will in New Haven wrote: On May 1, 7:48 pm, "jmcquown" wrote: Christina Websell wrote: From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Tweed Depends on which part of the play you're referring to! If it's when his band of friends are calling for him, it's just "ROMEO!" If it's Juliet on the balcony doing a soliliquy then you may add "wherefore art thou, Romeo?" D Which doesn't mean "where are you" but "why are you." Will in New Haven True... because it's followed afterwards by "Deny thy father and refuse thy name" since who he was prevented them from hooking up But I still like Romeo & Juliet as good names for a pair of male & female kittens! They are good names. I am not considered an expert at naming cats, since Feather (RB) was the only cat I ever named and people thought it was an AWful name. At least many people. I was part of a group that named Winthrop and Edgewood, feral kittens captured at the corner of Winthrop and Edgewood. Other than that, I have let other people name cats and then critiqued the names. It is far easier. Will in New Haven -- Jill- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
Christina Websell wrote:
From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Tweed At least you have the correct word in there, Tweed.... I found out, rather late in life, that wherefore means/meant WHY, not where, as Juliet obviously knew where he was... But everybody does seem to think it means where. Kathy |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
Will in New Haven wrote:
On May 2, 9:35 am, "jmcquown" wrote: Will in New Haven wrote: On May 1, 7:48 pm, "jmcquown" wrote: Christina Websell wrote: From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Tweed Depends on which part of the play you're referring to! If it's when his band of friends are calling for him, it's just "ROMEO!" If it's Juliet on the balcony doing a soliliquy then you may add "wherefore art thou, Romeo?" D Which doesn't mean "where are you" but "why are you." Will in New Haven True... because it's followed afterwards by "Deny thy father and refuse thy name" since who he was prevented them from hooking up But I still like Romeo & Juliet as good names for a pair of male & female kittens! They are good names. I am not considered an expert at naming cats, since Feather (RB) was the only cat I ever named and people thought it was an AWful name. At least many people. I was part of a group that named Winthrop and Edgewood, feral kittens captured at the corner of Winthrop and Edgewood. Other than that, I have let other people name cats and then critiqued the names. It is far easier. Will in New Haven -- Jill- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sorry, all - my news reader has the posts in order that I did not read all the wherefore parts before I posted the other.... Kathy |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
Christina Websell wrote: From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Actually it's "wherefore (Elizabethan English for "why") art thou Romeo" - Juliet's not looking for him, just sad because fate should have put him in the "enemy" camp. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: From: "Flippy" Subject: A Pair of Cat's Names Date: 29 April 2007 06:33 One of our rules for pet naming, especially cats, is how we would feel about standing and yelling that name out our front door at 11 PM, or walking around the neighborhood calling it. Jo I always wondered what the neighbors used to think when I stood at the back door at 11 PM yelling "ROMEO!!, Romeo! Where are you??" For best effect you should have called "Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo?" ;-) Actually it's "wherefore (Elizabethan English for "why") art thou Romeo" - Juliet's not looking for him, just sad because fate should have put him in the "enemy" camp. I know, I altered it because I thought it sounded more suitably Shakespearian to go with his name ;-) Being British, I was "Shakespeared to death" at school. I can still remember off by heart whole tracts of it. E.g. Now fair Hypolleta (sp?) our nuptial hour draws on apace...ad nauseum. Tweed Tweed |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Cat names
"Will in New Haven" wrote in message oups.com... On May 2, 9:35 am, "jmcquown" wrote: snip But I still like Romeo & Juliet as good names for a pair of male & female kittens! They are good names. I am not considered an expert at naming cats, since Feather (RB) was the only cat I ever named and people thought it was an AWful name. At least many people. I was part of a group that named Winthrop and Edgewood, feral kittens captured at the corner of Winthrop and Edgewood. Other than that, I have let other people name cats and then critiqued the names. It is far easier. I am a terrible namer too. I can never think of anything suitable at first, end up nicknaming them temporarily and then it sticks. I would never have named a cat "Boyfriend" on purpose. It just seemed that he must be Kitty's boyfriend or she would never have allowed him on the place. I tried to change it to Gideon, but it didn't work. Neither is Kitty an imaginative name. It's what you call a cat when you don't know their name and I didn't know her name as I thought she belonged to someone else. So I did dignify her a bit by adding a surname. When Nüle was here visiting from Germany, she told me that the equivalent in German was Meitze. I may have the spelling wrong here, Inge? Bettina? When we call "here, kitty, kitty" they call for "meitze, meitze" She claimed that all cats will come if you call this phrase, and yes, mine did, if "I" called it. Kitty came if Nüle called it, but for some reason Boyfie had a deep distrust of her. I know it hurt her feelings, as she is kind and she loves cats. She wanted to be his friend but he certainly didn't want to be hers. I wasn't bothered at first as Boyfie hates visitors but after three weeks he was still the same. He spent a lot of time outside the house and would only come in when she had gone to bed. 30 seconds or so afterwards he would trill at the door, so he was watching. N used to say "But why does he hate me so much?" with such pathos in her voice. I could not offer any explanation at all. She certainly looks very different from me. I am small, 5 ft 4, and have darkish greying hair, medium build. N is 5 ft 10, yellow blonde spiky hair and as thin as a stick. And ok, her accent is different. Maybe the lad just doesn't like change. Tweed |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
need cat names | scullycat | Cat health & behaviour | 27 | September 26th 05 01:29 AM |
Trying out names | Marina | Cat anecdotes | 14 | July 28th 05 11:44 PM |
Cat names | Mognusticat | Cat anecdotes | 10 | June 24th 05 09:00 PM |
OT Fun with names | Cheryl | Cat anecdotes | 111 | December 14th 04 03:39 AM |
Ban Those Names! | Jeanne Hedge | Cat anecdotes | 228 | November 8th 04 05:36 AM |