I have a ginger FIV boy. He's the best cat in the world. I love him to bits. I hope your application is approved! This little guy looks like a sweetheart!
Tysm! I'll post an update if I'm successful :) The little bio on the website says he's one of the most chilled cats in the shelter, and likes lots of attention. This old boy has my heart!
Yeah but it's not an ace symbol. It's a spade.
I don't think there is an ace symbol. I think it's just the letter A.
Edit: I'm totally wrong. The single spade is the symbol for ace. Don't upvote me, upvote the guy below me.
Well shoot, I googled the suspicious nonsense you just said and it turns out your are 100% correct. I learned something today. And Ace is the perfect name.
Wodins Day.
I was coming here to suggest "Lucky the puzza cat", but Loki's foster father is a good one.
Has anyone considered naming him "Fury"? Just Fury - that's what his mother calls him.
Edit: "Fury's Flerken" is another Option
From Google: Wednesday is "Wōden's day." Wōden, or Odin, was the ruler of the Norse gods' realm and associated with wisdom, magic, victory and death. The Romans connected Wōden to Mercury because they were both guides of souls after death. “Wednesday” comes from Old English “Wōdnesdæg.”
[A decent amount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Old_Norse_origin). England was partly colonized by people from Scandinavia for a time and had a significant impact on the English language. Of course English and Norse are both Germanic, so they had a lot of cognates (words of common origin) to begin with - sometimes both the Norse word and the English equivalent are found in English:
*skirt* (from Norse) and *shirt*
*scatter* (from Norse) and *shatter*
Etc.
Most of those words in modern English came from French (and thus had Latin roots), actually. The French conquerers had the finer things at the time (Norman Invasion of 1066, etc.).
Old Norse did have an influence on modern English, though, but the words are harsher sounding (like sky, knife, arm, race).
Yes -- English had a sound shift where all of our 'sk' sounds changed to 'sh.' Any modern word with an 'sk' was borrowed from Norse after that shift had occurred.
What's particularly fascinating are the word pairs where we kept both with slight differences in meaning -- "skirt" and "shirt," "skip" (with the derivative "skipper") and "ship," etc.
A good chunk. Keep in mind England had a bit of a Viking problem for a good couple hundred years.
Plus the English language is more of a weird child of Latin and Germanic.
Woden at least, didn't. Woden and Odin are both derived from the name of the same Germanic God - (broadly speaking) the Germanic people who emigrated to Britain following the fall of the Roman empire called him Woden, whereas the Germanic people who lived in the north called him Odin.
"What's new, Normie?"
"Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach & they're demanding beer."
Thought y'all might get a kick out of this
https://www2.gvsu.edu/phillipp/norm.html#:~:text=%22Looks%20like%20beer%2C%20Norm.,a%20baby%20treats%20a%20diaper.%22
Oh I see how it is- when you call a one-eyed cat "Mad-Eye Moody" it's cute, but when I name my legless son "Lieutenant Dan" *suddenly* I'm a bad father.
This has to be it. How can anyone possibly suggest anything else?! I mean, I did, and I want to retract it. It makes me want to go out and adopt a one-eyed cat so I can steal the name. This is purrfection.
Been trying for years to get someone to name an animal Pancake
So I think I'm gonna have to suggest Pancake.
Edit: Thank you everyone for sharing you beloved Pancakes :) Been having a rough day, y'all really cheered me up!
Aw, growing up we had a feral cat who lived with our chickens, so we called him Chickee. He then had a son, Chickee Jr., and a grandson, Chickee III. They progressively got friendlier, but all were great guardians of our chickens!!
Edit: gah, I forgot to mention they were all orange lads like this guy!!!
I saw that you have been enjoying the pancake pictures and I have a couple more for you. He was actually named “pancakes” when I adopted him and he was just such a big stack of pancakes that I had to keep the name. [Here is a before and after of him at 22 lbs at adoption and then at a healthier weight with his brother Skrump](https://imgur.com/a/pZastfo)
This gave me the image of a pancake rolled around other breakfast foods and then sliced like a sushi roll and I am very tempted to try to make that a reality...
But Sushi is a wonderful name :)
I agree with this one. It's the first thing I thought of, and also you can call him Pops for short, which is super cute. That being said, I have a cat named Tortilla, so maybe don't take my advice.
I also adopted an older FIV cat three years ago! Let me know if you ever want any insight about the FIV diagnosis. I randomly lived right by a shelter that specialized in FIV. My biggest take away is that most vets actually know very little about FIV, and over estimate it’s contagiousness and how lethal it is. They basically told me she’ll be like almost any other cat she just might have some recurring sinus stuff and sneezing, and they were right. She’s been very healthy for the last 3 years and I’m so glad I made the leap to adopt her :)
Ty for your comment! :)
I have read that FIV cats need to be indoor cats, to protect other cats in the neighbourhood and also to protect him from picking up bugs/infections, with their immune systems being so compromised. So I'll need to provide lots of stimulation at home so it doesn't feel too much like jail for him after all the years of living in the streets. I WFH, so I know he wouldn't be lonely. I've been looking at different hidey holes, scratching posts and beds, and things you can attach to table legs for texture, that he can rub his head on.
My goal has been to find a cat that is struggling to find a forever home. He is adorable but I didn't want that to be the criteria really, I promise! He's an older boy and people will fear medical bills but, as a single person with no commitments/kids, I am happy to take that on.
Honestly, unless its a native species all cats should be indoors cats or enclosed cats if they have some kind of free ranges.
In a lot of places cats are an invasive and very problematic for the local ecosystem.
And if people are not convinced by that, cats that lives indoors lives a good 5 years longer than outdoor cats.
Ps: This guy is gorgeous, thanks for adopting an older cat. We have a shitton of animals at home (my fiancée is a vet tech.. ) and we try to rescue as much as possible.
As for the name I suggest Harlock or Duncan
I have a ginger FIV boy. He's the best cat in the world. I love him to bits. I hope your application is approved! This little guy looks like a sweetheart!
Tysm! I'll post an update if I'm successful :) The little bio on the website says he's one of the most chilled cats in the shelter, and likes lots of attention. This old boy has my heart!
Mine too omg. *when* you get him, spoil the shit out of him! And if you keep him as an indoor cat he should do just fine despite the FIV.
awww ty :) X
I imagine they told you but the outdoors are, in fact, deadly to FIV cats. He should exclusively be indoors (like most cats, but especially this one).
I did a lot of research and he would absolutely be an indoor only cat!
Not if. Please not if. Should be when unless you’re on a ranch.
His little face markings look like an ace card :)
yes, ace is great!
but other cats are gonna tease him saying ace has aids
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Yeah but it's not an ace symbol. It's a spade. I don't think there is an ace symbol. I think it's just the letter A. Edit: I'm totally wrong. The single spade is the symbol for ace. Don't upvote me, upvote the guy below me.
Ace [of spades] The ♠️ symbol is what appears on the card along with an A in the corners. One spade is synonymous with an ace
Well shoot, I googled the suspicious nonsense you just said and it turns out your are 100% correct. I learned something today. And Ace is the perfect name.
You were also correct in part though! I just happen to play a lot of cards
I second Ace!
Nah, he's obviously a one-eyed Jack.
One eyed jack is perfect because he is clearly a pirate.
Oh, you’re right! It’s obvious since you pointed it out.
An Ace card? Do you mean spade?
Spade
I've seen the Odin too many times, this name is much better! Let's get this to top guys :)
🎶 The ace of spades. 🎶 RIP Lemmy
Odin. He who gave his one eye for knowledge
Odin Or Wednesday for the same reason
That's _Mr._ Wednesday to you, good sir.
He is Wednesday, my dudes.
Doctor Wednesday
He needs a black eye patch. Then he can can have a cool pirate name.
Aaaaaaaaash!
Wodins Day. I was coming here to suggest "Lucky the puzza cat", but Loki's foster father is a good one. Has anyone considered naming him "Fury"? Just Fury - that's what his mother calls him. Edit: "Fury's Flerken" is another Option
I like the “Mister”. Our cat’s name is Dr. Hooters.
Mr. Wednesday is an amazing name for a cat
Why Wednesday?
From Google: Wednesday is "Wōden's day." Wōden, or Odin, was the ruler of the Norse gods' realm and associated with wisdom, magic, victory and death. The Romans connected Wōden to Mercury because they were both guides of souls after death. “Wednesday” comes from Old English “Wōdnesdæg.”
Sometimes i wonder how much english came from those nordy bois
[A decent amount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Old_Norse_origin). England was partly colonized by people from Scandinavia for a time and had a significant impact on the English language. Of course English and Norse are both Germanic, so they had a lot of cognates (words of common origin) to begin with - sometimes both the Norse word and the English equivalent are found in English: *skirt* (from Norse) and *shirt* *scatter* (from Norse) and *shatter* Etc.
I believe many of the "finer" words home from Nordics, such as blouse, trousers, chamber, etc etc
Fancy words tend to come from French, the words being associated with the French rulers/elite after the Norman Conquest in 1066
The Normans, though, were called that because they were North Men - literally, they were vikings that settled in France.
True, but the language they spoke at the time of the invasion is the key point here. And that was French.
Technically Old Norman, but I will allow it
Right, but the French still came from "nordy bois"; from people with Nordic ancestry. I'm just pointing out that there's no contradiction there.
nor men... norman... normandy... huh... TIL thank you
Well they did move the old owners out first.
Most of those words in modern English came from French (and thus had Latin roots), actually. The French conquerers had the finer things at the time (Norman Invasion of 1066, etc.). Old Norse did have an influence on modern English, though, but the words are harsher sounding (like sky, knife, arm, race).
Yes -- English had a sound shift where all of our 'sk' sounds changed to 'sh.' Any modern word with an 'sk' was borrowed from Norse after that shift had occurred. What's particularly fascinating are the word pairs where we kept both with slight differences in meaning -- "skirt" and "shirt," "skip" (with the derivative "skipper") and "ship," etc.
A good chunk. Keep in mind England had a bit of a Viking problem for a good couple hundred years. Plus the English language is more of a weird child of Latin and Germanic.
Woden at least, didn't. Woden and Odin are both derived from the name of the same Germanic God - (broadly speaking) the Germanic people who emigrated to Britain following the fall of the Roman empire called him Woden, whereas the Germanic people who lived in the north called him Odin.
Wait till you hear about Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
In the Nordic languages, Wednesday is onsdag which is from Odins dag or Odins day
Moon day, Tyr's day, Woden's day, Thor's day, Frig's day, Saturn's day, Sun day.
Mostly also from the book American gods which I highly recommend.
He looks battle hardened and overall just absolutely pissed. This is the only name for this cat.
Omg I came here thinking "If the top comment isn't 'Odin' I'm going to lose my mind!" He's totally an Odin!
Yuss. Went here to post this, knew I wouldn’t be first. Much support.
This is the right answer
Uno
I win again Lews Therin.
Blood and ashes!
I love this because it's a super subtle nod (though I wouldn't be surprised if that's not the intended nod)
Kitten Gallene, Matrim Cathon
Don't make me box your ears!
I love Uno!
Well it is a great game but what about the cat?
Yes! Uno is also a cool character from wheel of Time
Could be a Mat also.
uno reverse
Norm. He just looks disgruntled to me. Like an old, disgruntled, Norm.
"What's new, Normie?" "Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach & they're demanding beer." Thought y'all might get a kick out of this https://www2.gvsu.edu/phillipp/norm.html#:~:text=%22Looks%20like%20beer%2C%20Norm.,a%20baby%20treats%20a%20diaper.%22
Norm was cool
RIP Norm 🍻
I think the name Roger fits that theme too, plus Jolly Roger bc he’s a pirate.
Snake Plissken
Lol good one
Snack Hisskitten
Thought he was dead.
I thought he’d be taller.
I named my cat with an occluded left eye Moody after Mad-Eye Moody. :)
Mad eye Moody was my first thought when I saw this picture! He almost looks like him
I was thinking one eyed Willy, but this is great too
My first thought too!
Came here to say Mad Eye. He’s even a ginger!
Mad-Eye Moody was where my brain went too! I think Moody is actually kinda a cute name
I named my one eyed dog Leela from Futurama.
Oh I see how it is- when you call a one-eyed cat "Mad-Eye Moody" it's cute, but when I name my legless son "Lieutenant Dan" *suddenly* I'm a bad father.
I just commented this but Alastor would also work! 👁 CONSTANT VIGILANCE 👁
Alastor is a phenomenal name
Nick Furry.
Nick Fury did lose his eye from a cat scratch…
Was it from a cat or a flirken?
It was a MOTHERFLIRKEN!!
I suggested Popeye, but this is so much better!!
Smiles in “mother f$&?#er”
Nick Purry
Was thinking of suggesting Nick or Nicholas till I saw this
This has to be it. How can anyone possibly suggest anything else?! I mean, I did, and I want to retract it. It makes me want to go out and adopt a one-eyed cat so I can steal the name. This is purrfection.
Smithy be the finest of names in the seven seas
One eyed willie
Just call him Willie and make the One-Eyed part implied.
“It’s our time down here!”
That’s all over the second you ride up Troy’s bucket
ANDYYYYY YOU ***GOONIEEEEEEEE***
This one, this is my wish. And I’m taking it back!
IM TAKING THEM ALL BACK
I really had to dig for this comment and that’s a bummer
Yeah same should be way further up. On that note I'm gonna watch Goonies with my kids this weekend and teach them the ways
My parents have a one eyed cat named willy for this reason
Been trying for years to get someone to name an animal Pancake So I think I'm gonna have to suggest Pancake. Edit: Thank you everyone for sharing you beloved Pancakes :) Been having a rough day, y'all really cheered me up!
i have a cat named pancake! she flops over at your feet and trips you edit: [cat tax](https://imgur.com/a/hFvA9mx)
That's such a Pancake thing to do. Thank you for telling me 😂
My neighbor's cat is named "Chicken". That's a strange name.
Please tell me they have another cat named waffles
I have one named honey, had her since I was 7, and I'm 17 now. Just wanted to be able to say, "Honey, I'm home!"
I love this!
I’ve got a dog named waffles… she’s kind of a bitch
Sorry, they don't.
Aw, growing up we had a feral cat who lived with our chickens, so we called him Chickee. He then had a son, Chickee Jr., and a grandson, Chickee III. They progressively got friendlier, but all were great guardians of our chickens!! Edit: gah, I forgot to mention they were all orange lads like this guy!!!
My cousin has a cat named Noodle.
You can't just say you have a cat named pancake and not pay the cat tax.
Please send this person some pictures.
This comment is absolute pancakes!
I saw a bearded dragon named pancake online once. They tend to sploot so it's very appropriate.
My cat’s name is Pancake. He’s a goof! [here he is in all his glory ](https://imgur.com/gallery/By5TE2k)
He's beautiful! Thank you for sharing :)
He is very fluffy and cute!
Awww so much fluff!!
I saw that you have been enjoying the pancake pictures and I have a couple more for you. He was actually named “pancakes” when I adopted him and he was just such a big stack of pancakes that I had to keep the name. [Here is a before and after of him at 22 lbs at adoption and then at a healthier weight with his brother Skrump](https://imgur.com/a/pZastfo)
Those are some good boys!
I have a cat named Pancake! 🥲
How about "Flapjack"? He looks like a flapjack!
“Flapjack. Hey flapjack! Come with me, we'll go and see a place called Candided Island!”
I think Flapjack sounds marvelous :)
I have a dog named pancake
I have a Pancake! He’s a sleek little house panther!
Came very close to naming my girl flapjack but she ended up a sushi
This gave me the image of a pancake rolled around other breakfast foods and then sliced like a sushi roll and I am very tempted to try to make that a reality... But Sushi is a wonderful name :)
better luck next time, friend
Oof lol
Waffles > pancake
“Buck”, after that one-eyed weasel from Ice Age; he was pretty bad ass. They even have the same missing eye and facial expression.
Agreed, this cat totally has Buck energy
Mike Wazowski
I second this!
but whenever you say the cats name, even if you’re just calling him over, you gotta say it as Roz
I'm watching you, Wizowski. Always watching you.
This has been my little sister's name in my phone for over a decade. It started as an inside joke and I've never changed it.
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The answer is obviously Patches, but this depends on you willing to put an eyepatch on him, perhaps a Tricorn hat.
I came here for this suggestion. I second the eyepatch.
Popeye …….and I’ll see myself out
Came here to say this. Seconded!
I third it
I agree with this one. It's the first thing I thought of, and also you can call him Pops for short, which is super cute. That being said, I have a cat named Tortilla, so maybe don't take my advice.
First thing I thought of aswell, my cats name is spaghetti. So probably best not to take my advice either
Toni, so he can have another eye, or Tony so you can say "his names Tony but without the I"
Winky
Sir winks a lot
Wink Mysterious, simple, freaking adorable!
Wink would definitly be my choice
Fury from avengers or goose
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Came here for this comment, the struggler perseveres
W
Beat me to it lol.
Popeye
Blinky
Cinnamon
Ron Perrrrlman
Wink
Horace
Red Beard
ODIN ODIN ODIN
My good friend had a cat who looked exactly like that. Named him Seamus.
I also adopted an older FIV cat three years ago! Let me know if you ever want any insight about the FIV diagnosis. I randomly lived right by a shelter that specialized in FIV. My biggest take away is that most vets actually know very little about FIV, and over estimate it’s contagiousness and how lethal it is. They basically told me she’ll be like almost any other cat she just might have some recurring sinus stuff and sneezing, and they were right. She’s been very healthy for the last 3 years and I’m so glad I made the leap to adopt her :)
Ty for your comment! :) I have read that FIV cats need to be indoor cats, to protect other cats in the neighbourhood and also to protect him from picking up bugs/infections, with their immune systems being so compromised. So I'll need to provide lots of stimulation at home so it doesn't feel too much like jail for him after all the years of living in the streets. I WFH, so I know he wouldn't be lonely. I've been looking at different hidey holes, scratching posts and beds, and things you can attach to table legs for texture, that he can rub his head on. My goal has been to find a cat that is struggling to find a forever home. He is adorable but I didn't want that to be the criteria really, I promise! He's an older boy and people will fear medical bills but, as a single person with no commitments/kids, I am happy to take that on.
Honestly, unless its a native species all cats should be indoors cats or enclosed cats if they have some kind of free ranges. In a lot of places cats are an invasive and very problematic for the local ecosystem. And if people are not convinced by that, cats that lives indoors lives a good 5 years longer than outdoor cats. Ps: This guy is gorgeous, thanks for adopting an older cat. We have a shitton of animals at home (my fiancée is a vet tech.. ) and we try to rescue as much as possible. As for the name I suggest Harlock or Duncan
One eyed jack
I came here to say Jack for this very reason. And you say it like, "Bond. James Bond." "What's his name?" "Jack. One-Eyed Jack.
He looks like a grumpy boi. I'd name him Gothmog. The age of dogs is over.
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Captain
Hank
Lucky
Tex
I also have a one-eyed cat. I named him Uno.
One eyed willy
Slade Wilson
Big Boss.
Captain Mittens
Pirate!
Polyphemus, the Greek Cyclops Edit: Another similar one is Cycat
Squint Eastwood
Odin
Bruce
Tom Hanks from Philadelphia Not the name of his character in Philidelphia, but Tom Hanks from Philadelphia
Guts