Re: What is language? (was: OT hominids)

> Paul Bennett wrote:
> Extremely interesting. My contention is that communication has always
> gone on among sentient beings. At the low level, such communications are
> simple and instinctual.
I knew a company cat named Mz. Jinx. I would meow at her. Try to talk cat.
I swear she would correct me just like a matronly teacher would. I guess my
cat syntax was horribly off.

And sometimes she would be shocked at what I would accidentally meow. She'd
put her paw up to my mouth as to say, "Don't say THAT!"

Cats I think have a lot to say, but rather be contemplative or hunting or
playing...

Another cat named Luc (short for Lucifer) seemed to have the feisty attitude
of a reincarnated outlaw biker.
Seemed to be always saying, "My ancestors ate yours, Monkeyboy! So
feed/pet/groom/play with me meow!"


--
Hanuman Zhang


"Life is all a great joke, but only the brave ever get the point."
                                    - Kenneth Rexroth

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