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- Subject: Re: Help me name my cat
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 06:13:14 EST
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- In article <1993Jan22.060646.7839@tc.cornell.edu>
- mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
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- >Jim's only suggestion was "Furball", and I vehemently oppose naming any
- >cat "Furball".
- >
- >So, I'd like some suggestions; you can either post or e-mail them to me.
- >I'll honor the winning suggestion in some way--- hey, I'll name a cat after it.
- >And, please, we need something original. "Furry" and "Socks" are taken, and
- >we've flipped through a few pet name books.
- >Thanks a lot!
-
- Rustaveli (roo - sta - VEH - li). After Shota Rustaveli, medieval Georgian
- epic poet, known best for his work Vepisqaosani, or, The Knight in the Tiger's
- Skin. The opening lines are enough to make you drool:
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- Romelman shekhmna samqaro zalita mit zlierita,
- zegardmo arsni sulita, qvna, zecit monaberita,
-
- or better yet, the next stanza, "heh, Gmerto Erto, shen shekhmen..."
- (Gmerto Erto means "One God." Sorry, there are gaps in my memory.
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- Advantages: all the nicknames: Rusty (pronounced Roosty), Tavel, Eli, the list
- goes on.
-
- Diana
-