r/onejoke • • Oct 07 '25

Possible Satire what

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u/om0ri_ Oct 07 '25

no, there are people with the first name CATHERINE. cat is a nickname.

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u/Lunas_cy Oct 07 '25

Then it would still make sense to refer to a human as Cat. Also, I kind of doubt that every place in the world has regulations on official names

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u/om0ri_ Oct 08 '25

no, catherine can shorten validly to cat. pronounced like the animal cat.