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Many place names start with the syllable "Cat", and in my opinion this is merely more evidence of blatant discrimination by the International Pro-Feline Conspiracy; look at them all, Catford, Santa Catalina, Catania, Catalonia - there's even a village in Turkey called just "Cat" - how blatant can you
get ?
The same principle could apply to given names, e.g. Catherine.
It is about time that all these perjorative names were tidied up, by replacing the "Cat" part with the non-discriminatory word "Pet". All those in favour, say "Aye !".
Petbrain?
http://uk.multimap....=222&multimap.y=219
[angel, Oct 04 2004]
Turkish Van
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Van
Swimming cat - cunning sods, aren't they ? [8th of 7, Feb 28 2010]
[link]
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I have no problem with bats. You could quite happily change "Cat" to "Bat" as far as I'm concerned. |
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This could be the petalyst for a new religion - petholicism. A petharsis for the petatonic. |
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[egbert], you haven't said "Aye !" yet like I asked you to ..... |
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While we're at it, "New York" seems unduly ageist - perhaps we can think of something better? |
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// This idea is in the wrong petagory // |
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/[egbert], you haven't said "Aye !" yet like I asked you to ...../
[8th], there's a reason for that. Draw a Venn diagram. |
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And what's all this snaggle puss nonsense? Last time I checked I was still petagorically human. |
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This idea is just petty - oops, I mean petty |
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Click on the link. Zoom out one level and look to the south of Catbrain. See the white road running alongside the railway line? That's where I live! Pretty freakin amazing coincidence, angel. You been following me? |
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The belfry of the Petholic Church has a nice ring to it - kinda petchy, in fact. |
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Hmm...I haven't seen the village in Turkey called Cat...there is a city called Van famous for its cats, though... |
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Catty people will still be petty...not a huge improvement... |
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//the 'C' has a Turkish squiggle attached// |
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That would mean it was pronounced "chat" (with a hard, English-style "ch", not as in French, nor yet as in German). And without the squiggle it would (in Turkish) be pronounced "jat". So, anyway, it wouldn't sound like "cat". |
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Intriguingly, there is a breed of cat in Turkey called the Van, <link>, renowned for its liking for water and proficiency in swimming. |
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This probably arises as a consequence of being thrown into ponds in a sack weighted with bricks ... |
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b.t.w., sp. "pejorative", I think. |
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Compare French "pis". Just because. |
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//Compare French "pis".//
My French aunt, Tante Pis? |
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