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Un chat sans nom

One of my international students, R, has lots of cats back home in Cyprus. Two of them are called, erm, Fluffy and Hitler. But the others don’t have names, nor is he even sure of how many there are. My mind is utterly blown at the thought of naming some cats but not others, and not knowing exact numbers.

Just a normal day at R’s house. (Picture from videostatic.com.)

Me: “What do you say if you want to call one of the nameless ones over to you?”

R: “I go “Pssspssspssspsss”.”

Me: “But then what if they all come?”

R, looking at me as if I’m an utter idiot: “That’s good. More cats coming to me.”

A good point, well made. More cats are always better than fewer cats. Unless they’re all this kind of cat:

Nooooo.
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  1. mary mcneil avatar
    mary mcneil

    Well, I have had cats named “Kitty” and a friend had a dog named “Dammitgetdown.”

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Dammitgetdown is the best dog name I’ve ever heard!

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  2. CC avatar
    CC

    We have friends in Kuwait where outdoor cats are rampant and common, they too have a few they named but the others who hang around (at least 10 or more) aren’t named. I didn’t understand it at first either! 🐈‍⬛

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Clearly it’s a thing in Europe and the Middle East, whereas we Brits can’t fathom it. We even name the random cat whom we pass in the street on the way to the shops! And when I’m in the vet’s waiting room I ask other people what their pets are called.

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      1. Mme Chapeau avatar
        Mme Chapeau

        Several cats are accustomed to crossing our garden, but apart from Peter’s, most of the time, we ignore their names.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          We name passing cats! That said, most ginger ones are called Ginger Impinger.

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          1. Mme Chapeau avatar
            Mme Chapeau

            We do the same.
            E.g. before knowing Peter’s name, we called him Rourou.
            But neither Peter nor Rourou makes him react.
            Whereas he is Timon’s best friend, he behaves as if he wasn’t aware of us existing.
            😺

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      2. CC avatar
        CC

        Yes agreed 💯

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  3. Kate Crimmins avatar
    Kate Crimmins

    Sounds like a very cat casual house. Can’t imagine not naming them. I name squirrels and mice!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I can MAYBE understand not naming any, but some and not others is totally weird to me! And yes, we name random wildlife animals too, other than the ones where there are too many such as parakeets.

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  4. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    Oh bless him,he’s even posed his tongue for you! ❤️

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I know! What an idiot!

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  6. sevencatsandcounting avatar
    sevencatsandcounting

    Mais regarde! He’s touching his nose with his tongue! Qu’est-ce qu’il mignon!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Nah, that’s what he wants you to think. He is the devil!

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  7. Marie-Luce, miaougraphe avatar
    Marie-Luce, miaougraphe

    Splendid shot of Louis Catorze sticking his tongue out ! Always by how long a cat tongue is.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Cat tongues have a life of their own!

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  8. Mme Chapeau avatar
    Mme Chapeau

    Louis is really the most photogenic cat all over the world.
    😺

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Erm … 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  9. Dr. CaSo avatar
    Dr. CaSo

    In Cyprus and many places in Greece, there are many cats roaming around and people in town simply take care of them all and they are free to go anywhere. This is definitely not happening in Switzerland, where the law says that cats that are found outside might be taken and killed (because they kill birds). I would love to live in a place where multiple cats come and go 🙂 One of my aunts had a cat whose kid named him “Boufchidor,” which means “eats poops sleeps” because that’s all cats do 😀

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Boufchidor! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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  10. cat9984 avatar
    cat9984

    I don’t think Louis would approve of multitudes of cats in his house.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That’s true, he wouldn’t. Unless they were unneutered males. He seems to have a thing for those. 🤷‍♀️

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  11. Aspasía S. Bissas avatar
    Aspasía S. Bissas

    Everyone I know in Greece is the same– you take care of the stray cats around you, but they aren’t really pets. And they all answer to “psspsspsspsspsspss” lol (That’s how I used to call my cats too, but then I read they don’t like “s” sounds because it sounds like hissing. Idk if that’s really true, but now I make kissy noises like a true sap.) Greece passed a new law a year (or two?) ago about caring for these cats and other animals. It was a big step forward for better conditions and care for them 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I didn’t know that about the “s” sound!

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      1. Aspasía S. Bissas avatar
        Aspasía S. Bissas

        I don’t know– maybe some cats are bothered by it, but mine don’t seem to care. I have unusually easygoing cats, though.

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