Animal Names
Animals did not get their names overnight. It was a long process of trial and error before each animal got his name; not to mention all the confusion.
People in different parts of a country undoubtedly had different names for the same animal. Take a cat for an instance. Everybody in England did not just one day decide that in future this delightful animal will be called a cat and that the male will be a tomcat while the female will be called a queen. Language does not work that way.
It is very conceivable that a very different animal was also called a cat while a cat was called a cow, a donkey and even an ostrich in different parts of the country.
All this went on until everybody in a certain village – let’s call it Cat Village – called a cat a cat and from there the word spread to the next village; and the next until eventually the entire country called this magnificent creature a cat and no longer a sheep, a bull or a buffalo.
All animals went through this process to get their names; with the notable exception of the pig. There could never be any doubt about pigs. Pigs are just pigs; they have always been pigs and will always remain pigs.
Have a great day and don’t be cattish to others.
Comments (37)
Just some tests and the results are not known yet.
Yes, I noticed that too. And it takes just a week to get a new name established.
Laziness is not something I need to practice at all. It comes naturally to me. I was born with it.
I have been Simmo1 and zMountainman. Now that takes doing!
It saves me a lot on central heating in winter.
I hope the cat was not calling the cattle black.
As for you cat and you zman
Oh, the mysteries of a split personality. My kingdom for another profile.
Im a butterfly, they put a lot of pretty thought into this name, I like diz name
Chuck Who? He must have been before my time.
Not true. There is still a lot of confusion about butterfly. It is not a fly and they don't make butter. At this very present time the English linguists are debating to change it to flutterby.
Metamorphosis is an easy word to spell. Always remember that it has two f's in it.
My CS name is a tribute to my precious cat...what a great cat she was...loved her dearly...have a great day!!
The two f's is a common joke here. The f and the v is pronounced the same in my mother's tongue. You will never get a v and the end of a word and nor a vv. The ff is very rare hence the joke about it. Whenever somebody ask you how to spell something you tell him with two Fs
Then how about Blutterfy? It eliminates both the butter and the fly. So if there is no fly in the butter, then what else can be wrong?
Cats are extraordinary animals and the strange part about them is that there are no fossils of the small domesticated cat. They appeared rather suddenly on earth; first in Egypt where they were worshiped as gods. Anybody who interfered with a cat was instantly put to death.
Yes, they probably all are but there is some mystery about our domestic cat. More than likely a quick mutation iso a slow evolutionary process.
Although the cat has cleaner habits than a dog, it is - in my view - a more primitive animal with much better survival instincts.
It must be a fashion thing.
Just the other day you still said you prefer Flutterby and wanted to know if it is possible to change your name to it.
so there
If I was not so busy after losing half the day at the hospital, I would have gone to look for that comment now. But that will be a mammoth task, so - in view of my ever deteriorating memory - I will just have to accept your word for it. So butterfly it is.