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Re: Spoken Cat (was Brithenig)

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 5, 2000, 2:12
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:

>Mine must speak a similar dialect. The words are the same, but the >translation differs: > >At 14:59 04/04/2000 -0500, you wrote: >>Hmm... not exactly what Samantha says to me. Here are some samples: >> >>_mi:au_ >>"Where the hell have you been, come over here and scratch my ear" >"Where the hell have you been, I'm hungry.
Down this way it's wi:au; the former is wau.
> > >>_mrau_ >>"Feed me, dammit" > >[no change] >
That's mau.
> >>_r:_ (trill) >>"I'm the center of the universe and don't you forget it!" >"I'm the center of the universe, so feed me." >
Yep.
>Mine can talk to birds. It's an odd chirruping language. >
That's "You're so tasty, and I'm longing to feel the cruchy crunch of your bones in my teeth!" Part of the Hunting Speech. Padraic.
> >-- >Sylvia Sotomayor >sylvia1@ix.netcom.com >http://pw2.netcom.com/~sylvia1/ >