| Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Off topic: Fictional surname for cat shelter donation drive: suggestions needed Thread poster: Yevgeni Gerasimenko
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hi, I am going to set up a facebook account with a fictional surname and ask for donations for the cats in my shelter, since I can no longer support them from my translations revenues.
Please help me to figure out what this fictional surname could sound like to emphasize that the person concerned
1) lives in Ukraine
2) keeps a private shelter for homeless cats.
I initially thought that something like "Comrade Felinsky" would be a great idea, but it looks like it co... See more hi, I am going to set up a facebook account with a fictional surname and ask for donations for the cats in my shelter, since I can no longer support them from my translations revenues.
Please help me to figure out what this fictional surname could sound like to emphasize that the person concerned
1) lives in Ukraine
2) keeps a private shelter for homeless cats.
I initially thought that something like "Comrade Felinsky" would be a great idea, but it looks like it could be mistaken for a real surname, since such does exist, and the last thing I would want is to be suspected of identity fraud. It must be obvious that the surname is a coinage.
Catshelterinsky? Catlovinsky? Savefelinsky? Any other idea? ▲ Collapse
| | | | Mr. Satan (X)
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| Sorry, I'm confused | May 19, 2022 |
If you're concerned that "Felinsky" could be mistaken as a real surname, which may bring the accusation of identity fraud, what makes "Catshelterinsky", "Catlovinsky", and "Savefelinsky" any better?
Anyway, I wish the best of luck to your fundraising campaign.
[Edited at 2022-05-19 15:49 GMT]
| | | | P.L.F. Persio 
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Novian Cahyadi wrote:
If you're concerned that "Felinsky" could be mistaken as a real surname, which may bring the accusation of identity fraud, what makes "Catshelterinsky", "Catlovinsky", and "Savefelinsky" any better?
Anyway, I wish the best of luck to your fundraising campaign.
Because Felinsky is a real surname in Poland and in Ukraine, whereas I'm pretty sure there are no Catshelterinsky, Catlovinsky, Savefelinsky anywhere in the world.
I really like Comrade Felinsky, although I see it more as a name for a big, red tomcat with huge whiskers.
| | | | Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
I originally thought of it as using a pseudonym = fake identity = identity fraud. If I may criticize, "impersonating" would've been a better term to describe it.
P.L.F. Persio wrote:
Because Felinsky is a real surname in Poland and in Ukraine, whereas I'm pretty sure there are no Catshelterinsky, Catlovinsky, Savefelinsky anywhere in the world.
[Edited at 2022-05-19 16:54 GMT]
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| Comrade Felinsky | May 19, 2022 |
Everyone, including me, likes Comrade Felinsky most. Other versions I have found:
Comrade Catlovsky and.... Catimir Purrin(!!!)
| | | | Jessica Noyes
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| Group or Charity page | May 19, 2022 |
Can you make it, not a personal page, but rather the sort of page that charities have? Or a fan club page? Then you can use real words that will be easy to find. Like "Support Ukrainian Cats".
| | | | P.L.F. Persio
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| Catimir Purrin | May 20, 2022 |
Yevgeni Gerasimenko wrote:
Everyone, including me, likes Comrade Felinsky most. Other versions I have found:
Comrade Catlovsky and.... Catimir Purrin(!!!)
What a stroke of genius, I love it! And, since his almost namesake is more of a dog person, that would serve him right.
I just came up with Miss Catenko, which, I admit, is not a strong proposition as those other two.
It was only a matter of time: let's start with posting cute cats pictures. Here's one from The Guardian, January 2018:
[Edited at 2022-05-20 07:30 GMT]
| | | | | "Cat as trophy!" | May 20, 2022 |
My suggestion for the counterpart, if they look for care for their conquered cats...
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Another idea: Catisarrius
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Jessica Noyes wrote:
Can you make it, not a personal page, but rather the sort of page that charities have? Or a fan club page? Then you can use real words that will be easy to find. Like "Support Ukrainian Cats".
I have already registered a page for my shelter, but in this case, due to facebook policies, I have to rely upon people looking me up rather than contacting them on my own initiative. And what I want is "cold acquisition" - looking up potential donors and contacting them.
| | | | | koshenya hospice | May 20, 2022 |
| | | | | Keep it sweet and simple | May 20, 2022 |
"MiauwMiauw", or whatever an Ukrainian cat says.
[Edited at 2022-05-20 15:09 GMT]
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Baran Keki
Türkiye
Local time: 15:55
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English to Turkish
| Aversion to cats | May 20, 2022 |
Brain ass... sorry, wrong thread!
| | | | expressisverbis
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| Aversion to cats? | May 21, 2022 |
Baran, your name gave me some inspiration:
"Baran Kedi Shelter"
Baran Баран Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "ram, male sheep" in Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
... See more Baran, your name gave me some inspiration:
"Baran Kedi Shelter"
Baran Баран Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "ram, male sheep" in Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
https://surnames.behindthename.com/names/usage/ukrainian
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-turkish/cat
And why not "Felixeni Catsimenko"?
I don't know if it can be a good idea to mix the name of the OP with feline vocabulary. Forgive me, because I don't have any knowledge in Slavic languages.
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| | | | | Breaking Facebook rules doesn't inspire trust | May 21, 2022 |
I get the limitations of a so-called Facebook page, but breaking the Facebook rules by setting up a personal profile in a fake name does not inspire trust, and you need donors to trust you to make donations. A donor would want to know that there is an actual shelter behind this and that it's not just a scam profile or page.
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