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So, I was over at a cat grooming site -- I cleverly closed the window before copying the URL, so I can't tell you which cat grooming site -- that offered a cat personality quiz. At the far end of the quiz, having assured me that my cat is "affectionate," I was provided with a list of "friendly cat names." The list (which I did remember to save, is reproduced below for your perusal:

Friendly cat names: Bailey, Casey, Callie, Daisy, Frodo, Maggie, Peaches, Mimi, Molly, Sam, Toby, Toodles

Now, leaving aside that I feel naming anyone "Toodles" to be an act of extreme unfriendliness - what makes these names particularly "friendly"? Are there inherently "friendly" names? Really? And if so, are there inherently "unfriendly" names? Well, OK -- Toodles. But seriously.

Let's take a random list of names:

Winnie
Hexapuma
Arwen
Archie
Kodi
Mozart
Felicia
Rasheed
Inez
Totoro
Lorraine
Butch

...which are friendly? Which are unfriendly? Defend your position.

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The friendliest cats I ever knew were a trio of siblings named Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Not terribly cuddlesome monikers, but we called them Shaddie, Me-me, and Abbie. What they called themselves -- their "ineffable effable effanineffable deep and inscrutable singular Names" -- we of course were not privileged to learn.