Why on earth would anyone call a cat....

Sprout is actually growing on me. Oh, that didn't come out right at all but you know what I mean.

Just imagining your DH standing outside shouting that. Could get him into all sorts of trouble

I doubt that quote was the reason for my friend choosing her kitten's name. I could be wrong but it doesn't ring any bells. Now, of course, I will phone and ask her.

I decided to call one of our cats Fudge because she had a beautiful fudge coloured coat. Made sense to me at the time and no one laughed!

In some respects roses I have to disagree. The dear recently late Maurice would turn to the sound of his own name even if Mr P and I were using it in purely conversational tones, but as I have said before I have had cats all my life, but never one as bright as Maurice, and I don't think I ever will again

We are still not sure if Digby is truly thick, or just as a matter of comparison. He is, however, a really lovely chap who I would not swap for the world!

However I'm totally with you re cats having their own names, "Voltan, slayer of a thousand voles" for example.

when loving that!

Since cats only respond to your voice, and haven't a clue that you have given them a name, I guess it doesn't matter.They probably have their own names which they have given themselves 'Great Hunter' 'Longwhiskers'
'The Emperor' etc. Being cats, they will always have given themselves splendid names.

My daughter's cat is Eric Cantona. Some neighbours years ago called their cat Riff-Raff (from Rocky Horror) just so they could shout it from the back door when they saw their hated neighbours in the garden!

My husband called our cat 'Flap'.

A friend had two called Eric and Nigel; my son's family has Clive. You can call a cat anything you like. One of mine was Sophocles (I inherited him), shortened to Soppy. He didn't seem to mind.

Was the cat called Trout because of that quote (sorry, forget who and what) about "circumstantial evidence - as when you find a trout in the milk"

(For those youngsters who are puzzled by that quote, milk was once delivered by a lad with a cart, and ladled from a churn into your own container, left on the doorstep. One of the frequent complaints was that he watered the milk so as to sell more from the churn than he had paid for at source. If you are still puzzled - trout swim in water . . .)

'Sprout' is quite endearing, I think...

Agus another member Absent who posts from time to time called her cats after font types, as their mother (who I think was called "Fishpaste") gave birth to them in her office, I do remember one was Helvitica, or something like that..)

When we first got our dear Lily (who departed this earth earlier in the year) she had to be re-named, as I definitely couldn't have Mr P standing on the door step shouting "Where are you Spunky?"

I'm sure she told me the reason for the name but from memory, this was years ago, the reason was equally bizarre. He other cat was call 'Puss' not much imagination there but certainly an improvement on Trout

Why on earth not? I like it.

Oops. Called her cat 'trout'

For some strange reason my friend called her ca