Saturday, 4 September 2010
Naming ferrets
Everybody knows, one must pick the names for their pets carefully, in the case of ferrets, these names will have to stand the test of 8-10 years, so no different to naming a dog or cat, you've sometimes got to think about it for a while to get the perfect name.
To be honest, the names for Futret and Bannock kinda sneaked up on us.
Coming from a mostly Scottish family, I quickly learned growing up to get used to bizarre colloquial words and not question them, but while my older brother was staying in Scotland, he discovered two he didn't really know well.
'Futret' a word used mainly to describe a ferret, but can refer to any other weasel-like beastie, and 'Bannock', a kind of floury pancake.
My brother, naturally enough, got these words mixed up occasionally, the most entertaining of which involved him informing my uncle that his 'futrets were on fire'.
This story became family lore and the two words were only naturally to be the names of the pair we were to share our home with.
Hoodie and Asbo, or 'A.S.B.O.' as it should really be, were a little trickier, but were transferred from designation to a different species, originally, as a little girl, I desired little more than two pet rats, named Hoodie and A.S.B.O. due to the stereotypical 'hooligan and troublemaker' status of the animals.
A.S.B.O., pronounced 'asbo', for anyone reading who is not of British nationality, stands for Anti-Social Behaviour Order and is a kind of restraining order given to hooligans (and sometimes hoodies!) to prevent the behaviour that warranted the A.S.B.O. in the first place.
Ferrets having a similar 'thief and biter' image in the public eye, and only a few days to come up wiht appropriate names before the babies were brought home (originally they were named Thunder and Milk, as their brothers were Lightning and Cream), I gave up the idea of Hoodie and A.S.B.O. the rats, and plumped for Hoodie and A.S.B.O the ferrets, and nicely it has suited them so far!
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(That's Hoodie in the shoe, in case anybody was wondering who that cutie is!)
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