What to name the new cat

[thalberg]

My parents have gotten a second bengal cat.  This one is female.  They asked me to help name it.  My favorite name for the cat is Splenda (after the artificial sweetener).  They are very much opposed to it, and now I am out of ideas.  Any more ideas?  We need suggestions.

[m19834]

How about "link sausage" ?

[enderw20]

You should name it after a famous composer, I bet no one has ever done that before.

[thierry13]

You should name it after a famous composer, I bet no one has ever done that before.

Are you kidding me ? I saw tons of pets named after great composers !

[sharon_f]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_cats

[a-sharp]

Well - I like the name I gave my cat ... Fezzik - after the giant in the movie The Princess Bride... but then - you might not want to use that since I already did - then again - would be stupid of me to think I'm the only one - so, feel free!

[tds]

karli is a good name

[m]

I think for a bengal "Cannibal" would be a good name...

[goldentone]

How about Thomas?  

[m]

How about Thomas?  

For a female

[concerto_love]

hmmm.. What bout Bushi?? It means warrior in Japanese and also taken from Do-bu-shi (debussy in Japanese-read)...

[general disarray]

My parents have gotten a second bengal cat.  This one is female.  They asked me to help name it.  My favorite name for the cat is Splenda (after the artificial sweetener).  They are very much opposed to it, and now I am out of ideas.  Any more ideas?  We need suggestions.

How 'bout these, thalberg:

-- nilsjohanna

-- Feline-istimo

-- Girlene

-- Hinty

-- Thallulah

-- Octavia (heh)

-- Tendonitis

-- Marikat

-- catcat  (in honor of lucylucy) 

-- opus10no-zoo (get it?  opus 10 no "zoo" instead of "2")   

[dnephi]

Murr, after the cat who is the protagonist in E.T.A. Hoffmann's Kreisleriana.

[lucylucy]

my mum bought me a at !! few days ago !
and i called her "Junkie", i find that's soooo cute

[thalbergmad]

Very apt, as i will expect it will need to be on drugs to survive a few days with you.

Thal

[ahinton]

Very apt, as i will expect it will need to be on drugs to survive a few days with you.

Especially as it would seem to have had its "c" docked...

Best,

Alistair

[shortyshort]

my mum bought me a at !!

I know that I'm referred to as, "IT", in my house. 

Please tell us what an "At" is? 

[shortyshort]

I would look up the legends behind area she is from.

I used to own 2 Norwegien Forrest Cats.

They were named after pets of the "Norsk" God "Odin".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri_and_Freki

[ahinton]

I know that I'm referred to as, "IT", in my house. 

Please tell us what an "At" is? 

It's somefink wot you put on yer 'ead, innit?...

Best,

Alistair

[arensky]

boy cat-  Jim

girl cat- Evelyn


I dunno, those just popped into my head

[goldentone]

For a female

Uhm. . . I overlooked that.  Thomasette? 

[concerto_love]

Well, my dog's name is Ben-chan... 

[thalbergmad]

It's somefink wot you put on yer 'ead, innit?...

Best,

Alistair

It pleases me to see correct English for once.

Thal

[lucylucy]

you see.
i didn't do anything, i've just gave a response that could perhaps help you, for finding a name for your cat.
i've just forget to put the "c" on the word "cat". And all that you find to do is laughing and doing some stupids jokes.
So please tell me who are the immature person? 

[Etude]

The person who doesn't proof-read their posts.

[richard black]

Why not call it Thalberg? Or possibly, since it's a Bengal, Thalberg-jee ('jee' is something like 'friend' in Bengali, added as a familiar appendage to the names of close friends).

[lucylucy]

The person who doesn't proof-read their posts.

you're so pathetic 

[wert718]

Name it Lexus after Toyota's luxury brand!I'll bet no one's ever done that before!!!!

All the best,
wert 718.

[Etude]

you're so pathetic 

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,30166.msg352626.html#msg352626

[anodibu]

Friga as tribute to my brother's recently passed away dog

[wert718]

I'm sorry Anodibu.

All the best,
Wert 718.

[pianowolfi]

Eulalia.

[dnephi]

No Schumann fans here?  I'm surprised that no one wanted Murr.

[enderw20]

My parents have gotten a second bengal cat.  This one is female.  They asked me to help name it.  My favorite name for the cat is Splenda (after the artificial sweetener).  They are very much opposed to it, and now I am out of ideas.  Any more ideas?  We need suggestions.

Chess player? You could name it Gambit.

[concerto_love]

Shohei and Panya.... Sho--Pan, ahahahaha!!!

[ahinton]

The person who doesn't proof-read their posts.

Strictly speaking, either "the persons who don't proof-read their posts" or "the person who doesn't proof-read his or her posts", actually, but your point is very well made nevertheless...

Pedantically yours,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Strictly speaking, either "the persons who don't proof-read their posts" or "the person who doesn't proof-read his or her posts", actually, but your point is very well made nevertheless...

Indeed, but I fail to see the need for the - and would submit that proofread is correct.

Thal

[ahinton]

Indeed, but I fail to see the need for the - and would submit that proofread is correct.

Whichever of these is or may be correct (and I leave this question open), my reference was quite clearly a quotation from Etude in which I did not alter his spelling.

Best,

Alistair

[Etude]

Yeah, 'proofread'.  Whoops.

Proofread looks weird, though.


Proo  fread

[shortyshort]

My boss has a Dog called "D4".

"D" for (Dog)

How about "C4"

[thalbergmad]

Whichever of these is or may be correct (and I leave this question open), my reference was quite clearly a quotation from Etude in which I did not alter his spelling.

There is a first time for everything.

Thal

[Etude]

My boss has a Dog called "D4".

"D" for (Dog)

How about "C4"

Hm.. a cat named after a kind of plastic explosive.  Excellent!

[thalberg]

Thank you everyone !   The list of fictional cats was especially cool.

Many good ideas, but for some of them I must remind you this is a female cat and some suggestions fit better for males.  I love Gambit, for example, but it does not fit a female.  I will likely get my own male cat, and maybe I will choose Gambit at that time...

Anyway, we have not gotten the cat yet (4 more days) so more suggestions are welcome!

[ahinton]

There is a first time for everything.

Or so the well-known cliché indeed runs, but which particular thing did you have in mind here? - and, rather more to the point (such as there ever was one here), what is your evidence for supporting the correctness of the hyphenless "proofread" over and above the hyphenated one that splits "proof" and "read" as Etude typed it? and, should you decide to provide such corroboration here (not that I am conferring upon you the obligation to do anything of the kind), would that constitute an example of what might be seen as a "first time" for that particular thing?

To return to the topic, how about "hyphen" as a name for a cat? (even if it might be thought to sound rather more like a corrupted name for a sadly deceased virtuoso of the catgut)...

Best,

Alistair

[a-sharp]

My apologies - I did miss the fact that it was a female cat.

I have to say - "Hyphen" sounds a bit too much like "hymen" to me, which if it were me (which it's not!), I'm not sure that would be a first choice...

Wish I had another suggestion...

*dons thinking cap*

[ahinton]

I have to say - "Hyphen" sounds a bit too much like "hymen" to me,

Or even Hymnen, perhaps?...

That said, to return to the more highly-strung idea, I do know someone who once had two cats that he called Jascha and Fritz - which fact reminds me of a story (that I'd like to think was true but it's probably just another of those apocryphal gems) about Jascha Heifetz and Mischa Elman who were dining together in a restaurant when the maître d' walked up to the table to present an envelope addressed to "The Greatest Violinist in the World"; with (sadly) uncharacteristic modesty and grace, Heifetz deferred, declaring that it must be for Elman, who returned the compliment by gently refusing it on the grounds that it must surely be for Heifetz. After a little more of this to-ing and fro-ing, they decided to ask the maître d' to open it in front of them both, which he did; he then read out its greeting - "Dear Fritz"...

Best,

Alistair

[thalberg]

Or even Hymnen, perhaps?...

That said, to return to the more highly-strung idea, I do know someone who once had two cats that he called Jascha and Fritz - which fact reminds me of a story (that I'd like to think was true but it's probably just another of those apocryphal gems) about Jascha Heifetz and Mischa Elman who were dining together in a restaurant when the maître d' walked up to the table to present an envelope addressed to "The Greatest Violinist in the World"; with (sadly) uncharacteristic modesty and grace, Heifetz deferred, declaring that it must be for Elman, who returned the compliment by gently refusing it on the grounds that it must surely be for Heifetz. After a little more of this to-ing and fro-ing, they decided to ask the maître d' to open it in front of them both, which he did; he then read out its greeting - "Dear Fritz"...

Best,

Alistair

Best,

Alistair

I don't mean to be a Philistine, but "Fritz?"  Who is that?  Is that a way of referring to Heifetz or is it referring to Fritz Kreisler, in which case the Maitre d' had the wrong table?

[ahinton]

I don't mean to be a Philistine, but "Fritz?"  Who is that?  Is that a way of referring to Heifetz or is it referring to Fritz Kreisler, in which case the Maitre d' had the wrong table?

Methinks that thou hast missed the whole point of the story, which is that the reference was indeed to Fritz Kreisler! Never mind - a joke explained is a joke undermined, comme d'habitude; at least it wasn't of my invention...

Best,

Alistair

[pianochick93]

Over here, fritz is processed meat.

[thalbergmad]

Over hear, Fritz are Germans.

Thal