The Naming of Cats
~~T. S. Eliot~~
The Naming of cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Johnathan, George or Bill Bailey -
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter -
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum -
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover -
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
So, without further adoo, here are the names I've created that run along the lines of that poem:
(Anyone feel free to use these names on other cats and dogs)
Short (Long)
Herbie (Herbazina of Nascar) or (male: Herbazino...)
Zip (Zip Zip du Outer Space)
Flazer (Flying around and Flashing his Light Saber)
Heliopatter
JubJub (Jub Jub Descrumptinano)
Kam (Kampetuous Neliance)
Forelumpaheado
Catapultanian
Tweezerpie
Pat (Patteron DeBack) or (male: Pattimon DeBack)
Sticker (Stickertape Fusion)
But after contemplating which names of this list to name them, I came up with some favorites:
Catapultanian
Flazer
Patteron DeBack
Siren
And I have decided what to name them, though it is more like a complicated system of what gender they all are. The oldest boy is Catapultanian. I think it's the oldest kitten -the grey and white one- that's the oldest boy. The youngest -the black and white one- whether boy or girl is siren. For the middle two, it depends, and It'll be a while to know which one is Flazer, and which is Pat. And these names are only until we find new owners for them and they name them something else. Though, if the owners would like to keep the names, that's great, too. :)
The naming of cats...
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