> > > > Mou"always wanted to name a pet Scooter"sie
> > >
> > > Brunnen-"I *have* a pet nicknamed Scooter!"G
> >
> > Here's what really kills me: People get a pet, they come up with a name for it that usually *isn't* Sam or Frank or Bob, but is, in itself, a sort of nickname, then they NICKNAME the pet!!! "This is my cat, Buster. I call him Doodles." (Never one to call the kettle black, I'm quoting MYSELF, here.)
> >
> > Hei"about a third of the people I'm introduced to announce, 'I had a DOG named Heidi!'"di
>
> I knew a guy once who had two budgies. He called them Rover and Fang.
> My cat doesn't really have a name. She comes running when I call no matter what name I actually use, so I call her all sorts of things. Scooter is one of them.
>
> Brunnen-"Heidi?"G

Yes, Heidi. No ambiguity there! Ahem.

Mou"never had a nickname myself"sie