you will remember to keep it sort and simple.
:)
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family effort goes into selecting one at the start ("She looks like a Winnifred to me"), and the as the years roll by it suddenly finds itself being called Meepo or Ratbag.
Which brings us to the most important cosideration in the naming of cats: Never give a cat a name you would mind shouting out, in a strained, worried voice around midnight while banging a tin bowl with a spoon. And stick to something short.
That being said, most common names for real cats are quite long and on the lines of Yargettoffityarbastard, Mumtheressomethinghorribleunderthebed, and Wellyoushouldnthavebeenstandingthere. Real cats don't have names like Vincent Mountjoy Froufrou Poundstretcher IV, at least for long.
The chosen name should be selected for maximum carriying power accross a busy kitchen when, eg, a bag full of prime steak starts moving steathily towards the edge of the table. you need a word with a cutting edge. Zut! is pretty good. The Egyptians had a cat-headed goddess called Bast. Now youknow why.
There, the best advice Pterry can offer. From his book "The unadulturated cat"
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