# Kat Chow **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150 "2015-08-06T13:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/1 "2015-08-06T13:38:03Z")
I was listening to NPR on the way home last night, and they had a story about China. At the end of the story the reporter said, ‘This is Cat Chao…’ What a great name! I mentioned it to the SO just now, and she said ‘I like that name! I want to be called Cat Chao!’ (If she changes her name, I’ll change mine to Cloudy O’Sanchez! 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/2 "2015-08-06T13:51:56Z")
Maybe you can get her together with [Miou Miou](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591877/) and [Miao Miao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miao_Miao). They could do a commercial together. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/3 "2015-08-06T14:04:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I was listening to NPR on the way home last night, and they had a story about China. At the end of the story the reporter said, ‘This is Cat Chao…’ > > What a great name! I mentioned it to the SO just now, and she said ‘I like that name! I want to be called Cat Chao!’ > > (If she changes her name, I’ll change mine to Cloudy O’Sanchez! 😛 ) As long as it’s not Cat Chow. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/4 "2015-08-06T16:49:18Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > As long as it’s not Cat Chow. Close. It’s [Kat Chow](http://www.npr.org/people/177498105/kat-chow). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/5 "2015-08-06T16:52:43Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Close. It’s [Kat Chow](http://www.npr.org/people/177498105/kat-chow). Than you for that. I didn’t see that spelling when I made a cursory search before posting. I’ll ask a mod to fix the title. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/6 "2015-08-07T01:18:30Z")
I went to high school with a Kat Chow. Actually, she spelled her name slightly differently, but it was pronounced the same. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/7 "2015-08-07T01:37:56Z")
It’s not like it’s cat treats. I have to use cat treats to get one of my cats into a Safe Room before I leave the house. She eats them, but BOY does her face show she’s Pissed! Now, could you imagine every driver in America making that face every time NPR goes to commercial? _Shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/8 "2015-08-07T11:01:54Z")
[Chinese author Ding Ling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Ling) (my own name is a strong, proud Gaelic word which translates into something silly in English) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kat-chow/727150/9 "2015-08-07T15:14:06Z")
I almost started a thread the first time I heard the name.