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The Naming of Rats

20 September, 2006

There's been some good reasonable suggestions about the name of Ratty, up there.

Yersinia was favourite for a couple of minutes, before I wondered if there were suitable Norwegian names (Rattus norvegicus). I briefly considered Sprague or Dawley, or even SPF, but then I heard on good authority (hello, Wodger) that s/he is is a desert rat. So I toyed with the idea of Ararat, or Shimon, before almost settling on Dot, short for Herodotus.

But late last night it struck me.

Ladles and gentlespoons, I present Monty.

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a classic... is it short for Montgomery or Montmorency?

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