T. W.

If you are wondering what T. W. stands for I will tell you.  But first it is important that you understand I had nothing to do with the naming of this cat.  I do take some pride in coming up with just the perfect name for my cats.  It becomes more difficult when one 'adopts' six feral cats.  I let my guard down and allowed others to name some of these cats.  T. W. is an example of that.  I have my own lovely daughter to blame for this one.  T. W. is what I call her...her name is Mrs. Absalonia Tinklewhiskers. 

Naming of a cat reveals, I think, a personality not of the cat but of the owner. Mark Twain was particularly fond of cats and had many.  Some names; a black cat named Satan and her kitten named Sin, Motley, Cleveland and my favorite Twain cats..Pestilence and Famine.

Another famous cat lover was Ernest Hemingway.  On my list of places to visit is Hemingway House in Key West where you can find descendants of Hemingway's original multi-toed cat.
http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm  They have kept the tradition of using  famous names for the cats.  My favorites are Hairy Truman and Picasso .

According to T.S. Eliot it doesn't really matter what we humans call them. In his book Old Possums Book of Practical Cats he writes:
                  
                 When you notice a cat in profound meditation
                    The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
                 His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
                 Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
                  His ineffable effable
                       Effanineffable
                   Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

T. W. I should mention is one of two of the feral cats that will let me pet her.  So I guess she really doesn't mind about the name.