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Date Posted: 01:38:42 01/25/04 Sun
Author: Kylie
Author Host/IP: webcache01.mas.optusnet.com.au / 211.29.136.11
Subject: Re: Naming.....
In reply to: Ellie 's message, "Naming....." on 01:22:45 01/25/04 Sun

Ellie, this is a great topic. Let me see how many I can remember.

China - because she's beautiful, but has a bit of a delicate personality.

Kameow (who we've recently lost) - from the word camouflage. She was tortoiseshell and we live in a sandstone area, so she blended right in. Camouflage Kitty got shortened to Camee, which became Cameo and then got changed to Kameow just to have the play on words.

Rellie (the stray) - because she is like the relatives, she turns up uninvited, unexpected, eats all our food and we love her anyway.

Fred the possum - So that dh can tell his mother that she's not allowed to call him Fred anymore (an annoying nickname) because that's the possum's name.

I could keep going with many childhood ones if you like, but these are the most recent.

Kylie

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[> [> OK, I couldn't resist some more.... -- Kylie, 01:57:47 01/25/04 Sun (webcache01.mas.optusnet.com.au/211.29.136.11)

.... so these are the ones I can remember. This is a loving memorial to many happy memories of times together -

CATS

Mintsey (first cat - tuxedo) - because she was like a little piece of mince meat when we got her (at three days old)

Tom (can't remember his colouring)- Mintsey's brother and my sister's cat to name

Fluff - shorthaired grey tabby (just because I felt like it)

Tut Tut (tuxedo)- because he was so naughty (Fluff's kitten)

Boffy (blue medium long hair)- short for Ball of Fluff (also Fluff's kitten)

Solomon - (at time of naming) undesexed black cat, because King Solomon had 300 wives and 700 concubines or some equally ridiculous numbers.

Chamois (brown tabby)- because when we were coming home with him there were a lot of insects on the windscreen and dh and I were joking about cleaning it with the kitten because the underside of his belly was just the same colour as a chamois.

Char - because she was grey like the ashes of a bonfire.

Splat (tortoiseshell)- an unfortunate name in the attempt to be funny. She died of a spider bite just before turning one.

Muggins (black)- dh named him, so I don't know.

Puck (Tuxedo - Muggin's brother) - after the character Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream.

DOGS

Troy (cattle dog) - Mum named her.

Rat (kelpie)- because he was the runt.

Doonie (kelpie)- don't know, just fitted, although Dad used to call him Doona and in some ways I think it fit even better because he was a great snuggler.

Shelby (kelpie) - after Shelby in Steel Magnolias

OTHER PETS

Snowy (white rabbit) - pretty obvious

Snowball (another white rabbit) - "

Guinea (brown and white guinea pig) - "

Cressie (anglo nubian goat) - Mum named her. We actually kept her inside in a playpen when we first got her because she was too small to put outside in the cold.

Tempest (axalotl) - because she was really nasty to anything else that we tried introducing to the tank.

Kylie


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[> [> Re: Naming..... -- Ellie, 08:18:04 01/25/04 Sun (dsl-203-113-205-75.VIC.netspace.net.au/203.113.205.75)

Thanks for a great response Kylie.. An axolotl. whow, I've always wanted one of those. But in the aquaria shop they were $30 each, and frugal me thought 'What if I only have it for a week and it dies?'
Forgot to add that my 2 current gold fish have names too. They are the black/gold/silver spotted kind and because I was in my 'weather' mode at the time, they are Storm and Equinox.
Ellie.


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[> [> Re: Naming..... -- tina Swinimer, 14:32:10 01/25/04 Sun (hlfx27-142177077105.ns.sympatico.ca/142.177.77.105)

Fuzzy wuzzy the chichilla-obviouse reason-he is fuzzy
Tadpole-part chi-part jack russel..lays so flat to hide..reminds me of a Tadpole
Barney-named by youngest granddaughter who wanted me to dye him purple like Barney the dinoseur..didn't dye him but let her pretend he was purple-he is a white poodle
Brandi my big dog who looks like the greman breed appenseller or apenzeller has a brandy color highlighting the black and white markings.Snoflake the budgie -it snowed the first time that season when we bought him home..wont go into the other 4 birds names-buttercup-bobby-love birds-kisses and hugs


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