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Old 28th November 2006, 02:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Naming things after favorite book characters

Just curious. Have you ever named a pet, child, business, etc. after a fantasy or sci-fi character?
My youngest cat is named Arthur in homage to the king himself.
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Old 28th November 2006, 03:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I used to have a cat named The Lord after the cat by the same name in the Hitchhiker's "trilogy".
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Old 28th November 2006, 03:13 PM   #3 (permalink)
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If I meet one more cat named "Tigger,"—unless it was named by a child—I'm going to jump out the window.
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Old 28th November 2006, 03:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I have a toy crocodile called Paran...does that count?
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Old 28th November 2006, 03:38 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I named my cat Tigger!
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Old 28th November 2006, 07:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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megaera after a greek fury. lestat after lestat and merlin after the magician. so yeah (tho the last two are parents cats, i picked the names)
and when i was younger i wanted to use lanfear as my net username. now im glad i didn't
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Old 28th November 2006, 08:31 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I named my cat Tigger!
That's okay. I'm sure that in Holland, only 44% of cats are named Tigger.
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Old 28th November 2006, 09:25 PM   #8 (permalink)
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My first rabbit was named Hazel-rah. You know the source.
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Old 28th November 2006, 09:35 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I named my english bull terrier nobby-a character from the pratchet books
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My first rabbit was named Hazel-rah. You know the source.
I'm glad someone does.

I had a car named Hepseba. I think that's it.
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Old 28th November 2006, 10:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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That's okay. I'm sure that in Holland, only 44% of cats are named Tigger.
Correct. And 44% of our Tigers is called Catter.
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Old 28th November 2006, 10:53 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Naming things after favorite book characters

When I was a kid I had two gerbils called Merry and Pippin.

I also know someone who rather grandly named their terrace bungalow, Minus Tirith. They even had a house name plaque made up.
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Old 29th November 2006, 12:14 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I named one of my fish Neo, don't really know why. But maybe at the time I was still in my Matrix phase.
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Old 30th November 2006, 12:38 AM   #14 (permalink)
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If I meet one more cat named "Tigger,"—unless it was named by a child—I'm going to jump out the window.
Sorry, Paige, but it wasn't my fault, she lived with a couple of neds who abandoned her when they were evicted. I came home one day and found her on the landing with her dish and litter tray. I didn't want to go through the hassle of renaming her because;

a) I was only going to look after her until she could be re-homed

b) She spent the first 2 days hiding under a chair, making only brief forays to dish and tray.

She's a lot happier now, but I never did get around to giving her a less-cliched name.

Feel free to jump, but I think these are mitigating circumstances .
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Old 30th November 2006, 02:37 AM   #15 (permalink)
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