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As you know, it was me who named the current descendant of an Egyptian God in residence at Casa River.
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I chose ‘Lord Dudley Mountcatten’ as he seemed quite regal, even from day one. But I’ve taken nothing but flak from my husband who thinks it’s a ridiculous moniker and refuses to use it. Every time I introduce his Lordship to a friend? The husband snorts, informs our friend he had nothing to do with the weird name and says ,”I call him Buddy”.
And while my other half has given me a lot of grief for my name choice in the last year, today I was vindicated.
Today I read an article about a national contest for the weirdest pet name, and though a cat from Maine won….
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It was not Lord Dudley Mountcatten.
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So take that spouse of 38 years! And consider yourself lucky the name Pickles McButterpants the Muffin Slayer was already being used.
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River's world..... 
I had an incredibly brilliant and creative mind as a child. Our cats were named Mama Kitty, Whitey, Blacky, Stripey, Lloyd, and Puddles. Can you see the age progression?
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The neighborhood kids named one our adopted strays Mr. White. I think you can guess what color he was…
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🤣😝…..Pickles is an awesome name! As is Lord Dudley Mountcatten…..people who don’t think so lack imagination and creativity. My apologies to the Hubs but, I said what I said and I’m sticking to it.
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I completely agree. No apologies necessary.
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I name most of our cats, kinda. First I ask them what they want to be called, in English, because I cannot pronounce their cat names. Almost immediately a name will come to me, and it will become theirs.
The only case this did not work directly, we got a brother and sister set who were born wild. The younger one, the boy, was very shy. When I asked what he wanted to be called, his sister answered for him. “His name is Halverstock. My name is Millicent.” And that was the end of that. Millie has been speaking for Halvie (silent *l*) ever since.
But the “weirdest” name a cat has ever given herself is our ragdoll, who didn’t want an English name, but a Portugese name, Diabola Blanca, translated as White Devil Woman. The weird thing is, Portugal does not recognize Women as Devils. She conjugated “Diabolo” to suit her sex. Pretty smart for a 3 momth old kitten!
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Most excellent!
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So I’m not the onoy one who intuits cat names!
I don’t ask. I wait for it to arrive.
Princess Cuddlebutt was almost immediate. MoshiMoshibtook weeks.
Right now, I know Leeloo prefers some other name – but it’s been 9mos and she still hasn’t told me! So I keep calling her Leeloo and she keeps ignoring me when I speak ti her.
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Try asking her, just for the halibut! Maybe she is waiting for a direct invitation.
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my cousins had a dog named Sebastian Cabbageleaf Dangerfield. *snortz*
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Oh my….
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How about Pretty Kitty (our cat’s name)? That’s unique, right?
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And alliterative.
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I love Pickles’s name! What a hoot.
Also, I Love your Dudley. (that’s what I call him)
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That’s what I call him as well. The full title is just for formal occasions.
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How about Buddy Lord Dudley Pickles???????????????
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Let me think… no.
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Well, My last cat before my last four was “Firepie”. I thought it meant one thing until I learned it’s real R-rated meaning. Whoops
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I admit I had to look that one up.
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I had to look it up too!
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Oh, yes . I get it. I was calling a cat Floofhims for a couple weeks before I realized he’s PROF Floofhims. Now I usually use only the title.
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Formalities must be preserved.
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My cat’s name Ody isn’t quite wordy or cutely strange, but it certainly throws people off because it’s “AH-dee” rhyming with body. It was shortened from “Odyssey,” and there’s a long boring story behind that name I won’t go into…
I probably call him Big Kitty (the 23 pound lunk) more than Ody now anyway…
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I’m glad you explained that because every time I see him in your posts I mentally rhyme it with toady.
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Everyone at the vet’s office calls him Odie, and I’ve long since quit trying to correct them…
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Well, we respect our pets, so we name them after Shakespearean characters…Othello, Iago, maybe Mardian next! Or Macbeth, Titanius…..Panthino….
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Must be interesting when you call them all in for dinner.
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Most of our neighbors have never read Shakespeare. Most probably think it is Brittany-Spears cousin. Ha! I made a funny…!
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Ha! Taylor Swift’s new posse. Ophelia, Desdemona and Portia.
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I named my first cat TC. Short for…wait for it…The Cat.
Clearly my creativity gene hadn’t yet kicked in at the age of 11.
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At least you added a ‘The’.
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So I’m guessing the names Mango and Cheddar wouldn’t even make the top 50. Ah well…
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You can never go wrong with cheddar, and we had a Guava years ago so no arguments there.
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If Mango had been white, she’d be Gouda.
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