# New Kitty! (Wanna suggest names?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450 "2020-08-18T23:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/101 "2020-08-31T23:33:17Z")
They posted the tentative name Monkeyshine a while back. Perhaps it stuck and there’s no more need for the naming thread. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/102 "2020-08-31T23:55:50Z")
I’ll just leave this here: another kitty that found a new home. Seems he had been hanging around the neighborhood, waiting for a particular human to move in. > ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/103 "2020-09-02T17:41:16Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Presumably a name has been chosen by now. Who won? MONKEY !!! … and among his many nicknames, which are required, I love “Le pouce.” I plugged it into Google Translate to hear the proper pronunciation, and it’s perfect! _Leh puuuuuz._ Okay, let’s see if I can get these pics to work. I call this one “The Paw Bouquet” [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164149737540603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164149737540603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3) Selfie with Cat: [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164156040190603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164156040190603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3) He put his paw on me. “I own this human now.” [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164182192205603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164182192205603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3) This is still my favorite picture so far. Bonus African soft-furred rats a.k.a. “Kitteh T.V.” [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164149737090603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164149737090603&set=pb.773970602.-2207520000..&type=3) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/104 "2020-09-02T21:59:33Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > He put his paw on me. “I own this human now.” And you look _so_ upset by this. He’s a beauty. May you have many happy years together. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/105 "2020-09-02T22:24:08Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > If anyone knows the word for “thumb” or “mitten” in some cool languages, I’d love to know! Well, the French word for thumb is pouse, rhymes with goose. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/106 "2020-09-02T23:20:54Z")
Kitten! Kittenkittenkitten Monkey and pictures! (I suspect the rats are not entirely happy about this development. But Monkey obviously is.) ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/107 "2020-09-03T03:27:15Z")
Monkey is so cute! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450/108 "2021-12-29T02:53:04Z")
> [@mheine](#): > > That’s amazing. The Shaggs My Pal Foot Foot was where I got the name Foot Foot. I heard the song on the Alex Bennett Show on the radio in San Francisco. Just bumping this thread, @mheine, to commend you on your excellent source for your cat’s name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-kitty-wanna-suggest-names/918450.md?page=5)