Linda Gorzycki wrote: > So if I'm adopting a very small cat (Singapura), and want an Orkney flair to his name, is Peedie Mickle too redundant? Or a misuse of the words? > > Or are there any typically Orcadian cat names I should consider? > Never heard 'mickle' used in Orkney and I was born and brought up there. 'Peedie Puss' would be fine :-) -- Mike Clouston

Peddie Puss would be the same name as our ol' lady cats nickname,,which is Little Kittie. R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Clouston Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 10:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Peedie/Mickle Linda Gorzycki wrote: > So if I'm adopting a very small cat (Singapura), and want an Orkney flair to his name, is Peedie Mickle too redundant? Or a misuse of the words? > > Or are there any typically Orcadian cat names I should consider? > Never heard 'mickle' used in Orkney and I was born and brought up there. 'Peedie Puss' would be fine :-) -- Mike Clouston _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mike Clouston wrote: > Linda Gorzycki wrote: > >> So if I'm adopting a very small cat (Singapura), and want an Orkney flair to his name, is Peedie Mickle too redundant? Or a misuse of the words? >> >> Or are there any typically Orcadian cat names I should consider? >> >> > > Never heard 'mickle' used in Orkney and I was born and brought up there. > > 'Peedie Puss' would be fine :-) > > A kitten in Orkney is 'kettlin', pronounced kettleen. 'Peedie Kettlin' might be even more appropriate. -- Mike Clouston