Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Names

With three cats in the house, we have all kinds of confusion as if we didnt have enough already. Of course each of the cats have a name, but there are lots of combinations that occur. So that when Mary Ann asks who is crying (yes, they do cry a lot) it can be one or all or a combination. I wonder if it might be more efficient if we had names for the combinations, so it would make things more clear and efficient. For example, when I write to my kids and Alex Ive started signing my name as Chad (a contraction of Chip and Dad). So lets see what might be necessary and possible as an answer to who is making noise in the kitchen:


Potential Names
Marley:
Same
Lucky:
" or Lucky Duck
Powder Puff: " or PP, or P Puff

Marley + Lucky: Mucky, LeeLee, Luckly, LucknLee
Marley + Powder Puff: Muff, PowderLy, Marpuff, MarleyPuff
Lucky + Powder Puff: Puffduck, Lucky Puff, PowPuck

Marley, Lucky and Powder Puff: MarLuckPuff, Lee the Lucky Powpuff, PP LeeLee, the 3 little piggies, Puffy, etc

So this could lead to perfectly efficient and clear responses like:

The 3 little piggies are ready to eat.
Mucky were chasing PP and she crashed into the door.
Puffduck were rubbing up against each other and knocked over the broom.
LeeLee were playing when PP arrived and Muff split off. So when Lucky Duck ran around the corner the 3 little piggies collided.
LeeLee learned that PP was wet.
Marley was in the cereal and knocked Lucky Puff over.

See how easy and clear this could be?

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