Name That Cat
The Importance of Names
A cat is not complete, in my opinion, unless it has more than one name. This would not be your last name, the family name, but an extra name in the middle. For instance, in our family, we have Stanley the Cat Evanosky. Most times, he is called Stanley because that is enough for him. But, when it is not, he is Stanley the Cat. Also, you can say it like this: Staaaanleyyyy sort of drawn out. Or quick: Stnlee. Actually, in sounding it out he is actually Stan Lee. Goodness. I never thought of that.
Then, his sisters from an earlier litter are Miss Molly and Miss Millie. We also call them Molly Wolly Evanosky and Silly Millie Evanosky.
Molly Wolly Bom Bally. Tea legged tie legged bow legged Molly. Or Millie Bom Billy. Tea legged tie legged bow legged Millie.
The fourth cat in our house came to us as a stray when she was quite young. She became Daisy Mae Evanosky. Like the others, most days she goes by her first name, but Daisy Mae is her given name.
It is important to settle upon a name soon after an animal, cat, dog or bird, joins your family. Otherwise, they will forever be known as Kitty, Doggie, or Birdy. Our bird ended up as Bud, which is a good enough name, but we typically call him Bird or Birdy Wirdy. It is because we took so long to name him that he has three names right now. Which might be viewed as a good thing.
I talk to the bird. It sounds like this: zhzhzhzoooozoo. Swrhzwoo, swrhzwoozoo. Look on YouTube to hear a parakeet muttering under his breath. I’ve had the outside birds at our house respond to my bird talk, too. The cats don’t give a shit, but it’s interesting to hear other birds react to it.
Our names are important to us. Our animals’ names are important to them, too. At least, that’s what I think.
