We have a name for our new kitty -- Nikita!!

[Tim McG]

And the winner is....?

[Rooster_Ties]

And the winner is....?

Well, we still haven't come up with the definitive name yet (we've only had the CAT at home less than 36 hours).

In the end, the name could turn out to be something already suggested, or something entirely unknown as of this point.

I think we'll have a name by the end of the week, probably.

I've been informed that naming the cat after Khrushchev is ill advised.

Edited March 29, 2010 by Rooster_Ties

[Free For All]

(we've only had the can at home less than 36 hours).

What, did you have an outhouse before?

[Rooster_Ties]

(we've only had the can at home less than 36 hours).

What, did you have an outhouse before?

Damn fat fingers. CAT!!!

(corrected above.)

[Free For All]

[JSngry]

[Free For All]

Hayley Mills, MEEEEEE-EFFIN-OOOOOOW!!

[Rooster_Ties]

Perhaps Natasha, and/or just Tasha.

(My wife liked Sasha, but I didn't as much. I like Tasha better.)

[Dan Gould]

(My wife liked Sasha, but I didn't as much. I like Tasha better.)

Do a little research, find out what Sasha Grey does for a living, share it with your wife and I bet she'll swear off that name forever.

[Rooster_Ties]

Do a little research, find out what Sasha Grey does for a living, share it with your wife and I bet she'll swear off that name forever.

Oh my.

Good thing my wife wasn't that sold on 'Sasha' either.

'Tasha' is just plain easier to say, since the 't' is an explosive consonant, as opposed to 's' (a sibilant). Two sibilants in the same name (since the 'sh' is also one) is one too many.

[king ubu]

how 'bout Ninotchka?

[BillF]

Mobley

I remember hearing about a British musician who called his cat Rollins. I've forgotten the musician's name, but the cat's stays with me!

[Rooster_Ties]

I suggested Nina this morning, which wasn't rebuffed much (not like Spot!).

I guess the names of the hour are Tasha (or Natasha), and Nina.

But the field is still wide open.

[Free For All]

Pinta

Santa Maria

[JSngry]

Check out the chart on this one!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=QdpuEqEvEo4

Edited March 29, 2010 by JSngry

[Dan Gould]

I suggested Nina this morning, which wasn't rebuffed much (not like Spot!).

I still like Natasha for obvious reasons but there's your jazz-related choice: Nica! It even sounds like her behavior befits an aristocratic background.

Gotta be Nica!

[Rooster_Ties]

Gotta be Nica!

Hmmm..... Nica... I really like that!!

Edit: I'll be gosh darn, I never had any idea who the "Nica" was in "Nica's dream". Wiki: Pannonica de Koenigswarter. Learn something new every day.

I think we have a winner!! Hope my wife likes it too (it's really 'her' cat, so she gets the naming rights. )

Edit: I just e-mailed her, only mentioning the name, without any explanation. Wanted to get her honest opinion on the basis of the sound of the name alone. If she's generally positive about it (if not quite "wildly enthusiastic"), then I think the back-story will sell her. Fingers-crossed.

Edited March 29, 2010 by Rooster_Ties

[Peter Johnson]

If not, there's always Bentley...

Gotta be Nica!

Hmmm..... Nica... I really like that!!

Edit: I'll be gosh darn, I never had any idea who the "Nica" in "Nica's dream" was. Wiki: Pannonica de Koenigswarter. Learn something new every day.

I think we have a winner!! Hope my wife likes it too (it's really 'her' cat.)

Edit: I just e-mailed her, only mentioning the name, without any explanation. Wanted to get her honest opinion on the basis of the sound of the name alone. If she's generally positive about it (if not quite "wildly enthusiastic"), then I think the back-story will sell her. Fingers-crossed.

[alocispepraluger102]

my little lady 3 years ago was named ms. goodspeak, after an organissimo member. she wears the name well.

[Rooster_Ties]

Anybody know how to pronounce "Pannonica"??

I'm assuming the stress is on the "o", as in "Puh-NO-ni-ka"

[Dan Gould]

If you go with her full name, that should be the formal name but Nica is what she is called.

[Free For All]

And Pepper can crash at her place, but just don't let him watch those Tommy Dorsey Show DVDs.

[JSngry]

Especially if Art Blakey is in the room!

[Rooster_Ties]

OK, we have a winner.

My wife likes Nikita best of all. She liked Nica (2nd best), and Tasha (or Natasha) 3rd best.

BTW, I found the origins and meaning of Nikita on-line, and discovered that Nika (with a 'k', not a 'c' - but pronounced the same way, as in "Nica's Dream") is a closely related name to Nikita (source and source). And at least one claims "Nika" is used as a name for Russian pets, as a shortened or 'diminutive' form of "Nikita". (source: "Nika (Russian pet form) and Nikki (Dutch and English pet form) are variants of Nikita.")

So she might get called 'Nika' from time to time as well, as a nickname.

[BruceH]

As in "Krushchev"?