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.

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[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.