of course if was an orange
Original Braincell Occupier
Or did he have all of the orange brain mummified with him except for the last active cell shared amongst his descendents?
He forgot to share the braincell.
Nedjem had the focused concentrated power of will to get the table snack
That’s because nobody bothered to write about asshole, asshole the second and and dumbass who came before sweety.
I’m sure Nedjem’s owner would be infinitely amused that their cat is being discussed 3500 years later
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
— Terry Pratchett
Neither have we.
It doesn’t look very happy being leashed to what I hope is a table leg but worry is a horse’s (or some other animal’s) leg. Even its pose looks like one of those “let me fucking go! I’m about to clamp down on anything fleshy I can reach!”
I assumed it was an even larger cat
Im naming my next cat Nedjem!
I was just wondering about pronunciation to do the same! Would it be nehd-jehm with the ‘j’ pronounced like in ‘gem’? Or would it be nehd-yehm? With the ‘j’ sounding like a ‘y’? My instinct says the first for ancient Egyptian, but pronunciation of things can surprise us
I’d just call them NEDJ-em, or Nedg, Probably Nedgy would get a lot of play, too. It doesnt have to be correct, its not a test in ancient Egyptian.
Fair enough, I just like languages so I’m more interested to satisfy my own curiosity, haha
Well then, in the interest of historical accuracy, which I usually adhere to in all other things except cat names, my guess would be that the J is pronounced like a Y.
I just like the sound of the other way better.
One of my neighbor’s cat is called “dulce”, which means sweetie
