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Re: OFF: Name for a cat

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 29, 1999, 15:34
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Sally Caves wrote: > > Pads. > > Quite correct, I mistook the question. > > > My cat's name is "Connie Groondy," which is _canu grwndi_ in Welsh, > > "to sing crooningly," i.e., "to purr." > > Cool name, but the anglicized spelling makes it look rather like a > "people name". :-)
"But," he says, "BUT"! <G> And what the hell's wrong with that? That was the entire intention! She has a first and a last name. There are a lot of cats with "people" names. This name has a secret behind it. ============================================================ SALLY CAVES scaves@frontiernet.net http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves (bragpage) http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html (T. homepage) http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/contents.html (all else) ===================================================================== Niffodyr tweluenrem lis teuim an. "The gods have retractible claws." from _The Gospel of Bastet_ ============================================================