Martha shares a listener’s email about a pet’s name changing over time. In this case, it’s a cat whose name morphed from “Orange Juice” all the way to “Lanny.” Martha traces the con-cat-enation of monikers. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Evolving Pet Names”
Grant, a while back on the show, we were talking about how pet names sometimes take a while to take shape.
I was talking about how my partner and I have a malty poo, and we went through several names before we finally settled on one that seemed to work.
We got several emails about this, and Susan from Olympia, Washington, wrote to tell us that she had a cat who was first named Orange Juice, but he ended up being named Lanny.
Now, you want to know the concatenation here, to use a big word?
How did you get that far?
She had a cat named Orange Juice, and then it went to Juice, and then it went to Foose, and then it went to Puse, and then Pusillanimous, then Lanny Mouse, and then finally Lanny.
That’s fantastic.
I love that.
I love that.
That’s great.
Well, talk to us about your favorite words and names.
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