And I thought I was a geek

[cjsmith]

I grew up with a cat named Mu. Yeah, the Greek letter.

Her predecessor was named Pi "because he was irrational" (or so said my dad when anyone asked).

This composer named a cat Lepton.

Hat tip to albadger, along with my apologies for reposting this link since it does indeed still discuss the possibility of making that opera.

Comments

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Lepton is a fabulous name for a cat. Then again, so is Pi. Or maybe I'm just a dork.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Neutrino would be fun too, but only for a kitten. Imagine a twenty-two-pound slow-moving arthritic Neutrino. Doesn't work.

Dork is also a fabulous name for a cat.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Imagine a twenty-two-pound slow-moving arthritic Neutrino. Doesn't work.

Oh, I don't know. There's a fair bit to be said for the value of irony.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

True, there is that. Like the "Neutron" who is "always so positive!"

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

OH yeah. Dork is the *perfect* name for a cat -- I'm thinking a male cat of odd coloring, or a cat of very little brain. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

We had one called Dizzy, short for Disaster. (The only cat I've ever owned who, as best we could ever tell, managed to break his own nose.) Dork would have been a fine alternate name for him!

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

My best cat names:

I once had a cat who got herself 'in trouble' at five months of age. (I didn't know that was possible -- she actually already had her appointment to get fixed at 6 months. Cats can always surprise you). She gave birth to three beautiful little kittens. Rondo said we could keep *one* of the kittens, but had to give the other two away as soon as they were weaned, so I'd *better* not name the other two.

Ahem. So they were "anonymous" and "generic", the no-name cats. Annie and Genni for short.