Welcome to the Wednesday Cats of Catster! Each month, we ask our cat-loving Catsters to weigh in on a brand new subject. This week, we requested them about nicknames: What do you name your cat, aside from their actual identify? Right here’s what they needed to say:
Crystal & Ivy
Giving your pet a nickname is critical enterprise – nothing is off the desk, they usually want not less than 3. Hey – I don’t make the principles!
Ivy is a kitty that goes by many names. Her authentic, full identify is definitely ‘Ivara’ – my fiance obtained to call her. Nonetheless, she’s solely known as this when she’s been very naughty! Very similar to your mother and father solely calling you by your full identify once you’ve REALLY stuffed up!
Over time, she’s amassed fairly a set of nicknames!
Listed below are some private favorites:
- Kitty: Good for on a regular basis use, at all times will get her consideration.
- Kissie: Derived from ‘Kitty.’ Used when she’s being particularly cutesy.
- Skarmunkel: Loosely interprets to ‘scoundrel’ – used when she’s being cheeky, or slinking slyly round the home.
- Klein Baba Ivy: Loosely interprets to ‘Little Child Ivy’ – as a result of she is, in actual fact, just a bit child.
- Skunky: She seems a bit like a skunk scurrying round at occasions.
- Biskitty: Her beloved biscuits. It’s solely becoming that she has a nickname honoring them.
- Cookie: Used day by day, ALWAYS will get her consideration!
These are however just a few of the nicknames we’ve made for her, and he or she reacts to all of them impressively!
Giving your kitty 50+ nicknames isn’t straightforward, however somebody’s gotta do it! Does your cat have any particularly distinctive nicknames?
Isabel & Milly
I very seldomly name Milly ‘Milly’. Solely when referring to her in dialog. It’s ironic, isn’t it? We give our pets names solely to call them every part however their chosen title. I believe it occurs as a result of they’re simply too darn cute to have just one, socially acceptable identify.
They want extra. They deserve extra. And it must be both humorously becoming or utterly outrageous.
Pet nicknaming is an artwork type. One doesn’t actively strive to think about a nickname for a pet. It simply comes. It’s a phenomenal course of, actually. Pet nicknames normally play on their traits or what makes them distinctive. They may also be utterly random and 100% unrelated to them however nonetheless really feel very becoming.
Permit me to take you thru Milly’s nickname timeline.
Her first nickname as a kitten was “Milandrie,” a fairly frequent feminine Afrikaans identify. It simply got here to us whereas she was inflicting havoc in our scholar residence condominium. It felt very becoming since you really feel like a mom scolding a baby when saying it in Afrikaans – “Milandrie, klim nou van die balkonreling af! (Milandrie, get off the balcony railing now!)”
Since then, it has advanced into many various issues:
- “Mielie,” which is Afrikaans for corn. Completely unrelated. It simply rolls off the tongue.
- “Mielie-muis,” which isn’t an official phrase. In English, it will be “Corn-Mouse.” Once more, utterly unrelated – she simply is, in actual fact, typically a “Mielie-Muis.”
- Then it morphed into Mini-Muis (Mini-Mouse) as a result of she typically seems like a small mouse. See picture above for reference. That is essentially the most frequent one.
- Then some extra outrageous ones are used for particular events like:
- Pof-mielie (“pof” is like puffy or fluffy in English)
- Pof-duif or Pofduifie (fluffy dove or small fluffy dove)
- Hoender-nekkie (little hen neck)
And the listing goes on. Verify in subsequent month for extra about Milly! And tell us within the feedback under what you name your cat.
Cheers vir eers!
(Cheers for now)
Wes & Raphael
I’ve at all times thought pet nicknames are a humorous factor as a result of, supposedly, we already selected the right identify for them. However, we will’t RESIST discovering one thing that’s shorter (or typically longer) and suits even higher (or typically worse). Evidently, I’ve additionally fallen sufferer to the curse of the nickname relating to Raphael. I believed I’d take you thru just some from the gathering:
- “Raphy” – an absolute traditional. For when Raphael goes to take far too lengthy to get out of the mouth.
- “Lovely boy” – not solely the reality however crucial that he is aware of it.
- “Smelly boots” – in all probability essentially the most closely utilized in our place. Does he put on boots? By no means. Does he scent? Usually. Both he smells unimaginable or horrible; there may be by no means an alternate.
- “Rapha-smell” – a incredible pun; see above for any additional clarification required.
- “Little scooch” – even when he might perceive what this implies, he wouldn’t get it as a result of, frankly, I don’t both.
Primarily based on the images you’ve seen of my lovely boy, are you able to let me know your suggestions for a brand new nickname? I’m at all times open to strategies!
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