People have been sharing how their pets’ names have evolved and it’s rather lovely
Over on Twitter @mooseallain got people thinking about what they called their pets vs what they REALLY call their pets.
Our dog is called Nutmeg. A lovely name for a dog. But the sad truth is most of the time we call her Nutface.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) November 21, 2017
And it didn’t stop there.
Also occasionally The Carvery (we called her Nutwell Lodge, or “The Lodge” after a local pub which became a Toby Carvery – hence we call her The Carvery).
— MꙬse Allain (@MooseAllain) November 21, 2017
It struck a chord with a load of people and prompted a whole host of replies.
Here are some of our favourites.
1.
Sylvie is our dog’s name. But: Sylv, Sylvoid, Sylvain Sylvain, Foxface Alpha, Foxtwat, Meatlog, Logmeat, Logdog, etc. etc.
— Daniel Maier (@danielmaier) November 21, 2017
2.
My dog, Poppy, is known as Pops, Popachops, Popalopachops, The Popster and lumpadump, mainly.
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) November 21, 2017
3.
Our cat, Ceremony, is mostly referred to as Cat. When we have a visitor, though, we revert to her real name so that we can say, “Come in, but don’t stand on Ceremony”
— Kieron Callaghan (@7upislemonade) November 21, 2017
4.
Daughter’s called Mabli. Started calling her Mabs for short. Quickly evolved to Moobs. In approx 5yrs’ time, she’ll have an issue with this.
— Esyllt Sears (@EsylltMair) November 21, 2017
5.
My old dog was Susie. She quickly became Schnooky, then Schnooky Schnoo, ending up as LTJ Schnookem
— 70s Dinner Party (@70s_party) November 21, 2017
6.
My dog-man’s name is Scraps! He also goes by Wild Man Steve, Scrapyard (his old man name), Pig, and the chorus from the I’m the Scatman song but with Scrapman instead. Oh and also Scott.
— PHood (@NinjaPleaseDJ) November 21, 2017
7.
Archibald Archer > Archie > Archie Boo-boo > Boo-boo > Boobs > Lord Boobington pic.twitter.com/7FiaH24VT0
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) November 21, 2017
8.
Also: Wilson > Pickle > Bumface, which doesn’t quite have the same sense of evolution. pic.twitter.com/ZCgCcmyN90
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) November 21, 2017
9.
A friend of ours called her cat Princess Clitorina of Hither Greenovia, or Clitty for short. She thought this hilarious until she went to the vets and they called out “Clitty Davies?”
— Matt Emerson (@Mattemerson) November 21, 2017
10.
Our three cats are Lounge (because he resembles a brown velour sofa from the 1970s), Bin Cat (always sitting on one) and PsychoMog (no explanation needed). Needless to say, none of those are their real names.
— Clairey McSweary (@clairebbbear) November 21, 2017
11.
Yes. My cat Eric was mainly called Eggbum.
— christhebarker (@christhebarker) November 21, 2017
12.
Whenever my cat does something stupid, my dad calls her one of the following: Chicken, Rabbit, Goose, Goat, Lamb (all of which can be used as insults in my language). Her actual name is Fish.
— Maya (@mayasounds) November 21, 2017
13.
My dog is Stan, but mostly “Oh bloody hell Stanley”
— Janey (@FannyIngabout) November 21, 2017
14.
He also gets called Stanners, which has inevitably led to Stairlift.
— Janey (@FannyIngabout) November 21, 2017
15.
We had a family dog, Heidi, whose nicknames included Golden Pastures, Nostrilization, Evil Dog, Constant Wag, Grunty Shnurr, and Kevin Costner.
— Stan Carey (@StanCarey) November 21, 2017
16.
we had a cat who my 3 year old son tried to call Disco (because of the cats glittery collar) but the name never caught on. The cat was called Cat, including on the vet’s records.
— j. leahy maharaj (@JLM_cork) November 21, 2017
17.
Shep became Sheep, then Sheepstack Lightning.
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) November 21, 2017
