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my cat absolutely believes she can talk. she yells at me when she wants to eat, asks for reassurance and protection when she’s feeling uncertain (like during su
by clairity 6y ago
my cat absolutely believes she can talk. she yells at me when she wants to eat, asks for reassurance and protection when she’s feeling uncertain (like during supervised outdoor time), seeks forgiveness when she’s feeling guilty, and scolds me when i’m off-schedule (especially around treats and playtime).
- wk_end 6y agoYeah - my conjecture is that cats understand that we’re somehow communicating by vocalizing, but obviously don’t understand the whole language thing, because they’re cats. They don’t really grasp any difference between their meows and human speech. My Siamese - a notoriously talkative breed - and I regularly have extended “conversations”. Especially with the whole pandemic stay-at-home thing, she’s become the centre of my social life. To an onlooker we undoubtedly look and sound utterly insane.
- clairity 6y agothat's cute! sometimes i mimic my cat's meows back to her, though she seems completely unfazed by that, as if i'm an american trying to speak french, and she just wants me to switch back to english so i stop embarrassing myself.