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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2004kitty vs puss
I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. If not, I call to them. When I call "here kitty kitty!" I may or may not get a response. However, when I call "puss puss puss!" all three cats not only come running, they rush right up to me and start sniffing my face. Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" Brenda > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" Neither, he doesn't speak English... :D Laku tends to come when I make a clicking sound in the back of my mouth, a bit similar to cats' "ack-acking" when they see prey. Laku's learned to associate my making that sound to possible treats being served. :)  SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 > > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet > > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > a bit similar to cats' "ack-acking" when they see prey. Laku's learned > to associate my making that sound to possible treats being served. :) My RB cat Nicky who was outdoor only used to come to that back of the mouth clicking sound. Vino only comes if you say "Vino...LIZARD!!!" ;-) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Jazz doesn't understand 'kitty' or 'puss'. He answers to Jazzwazzypoopoo. Jazz's mama -- Irulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Brenda wrote: > > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet > > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" > > > > Neither, he doesn't speak English... :D > Laku tends to come when I make a clicking sound in the back of my mouth, > a bit similar to cats' "ack-acking" when they see prey. Laku's learned > to associate my making that sound to possible treats being served. :) > > -- > Christine in Vantaa, Finland > christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com > photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 > Jazz doesn't understand 'kitty' or 'puss'. He answers to Jazzwazzypoopoo. LOL! Oh, so that's what Jazz is short for. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. > If not, I call to them. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Brenda I don't think I've ever used such words to call any of my eight (plus 1 lodger). If I want them I call them by name. Those who hear me calling immediately come running only if they think that what I want them for may be more interesting than what they're doing. Over the years I've had many a long wait :^) Best regards Sheenah >I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. >If not, I call to them. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Brenda TuTu doesn't know she is a cat so she won/t answer to either. I discovered if I whistle through my teeth I can get a response. Mostly, she answers to her name -- if she is in the mood. There is no response from any of the Evil 3 here unless they are called by their name(s). "Kissy-noise" gets their attention (!) but I can't imagine BT Rowdy putting up with being called "puss".....ROFL. : >I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. : >If not, I call to them. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] : discovered if I whistle through my teeth I can get a response. : Mostly, she answers to her name -- if she is in the mood. >I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. >If not, I call to them. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Brenda Once in awhile if my cats are outside and I call, "Here, kitty, kitty" and use an exciting voice, they will come. Usually I call them by name. They always think it is food time and they don't care whose name is called. Each one is convinced thaf I am calling them for dinner, and the first one there gets the best food. ;-)) CATherine > I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. > If not, I call to them. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" I don't use either word, because I speak Swedish to my cats (incidentally, puss means kiss in Swedish, and kisse means puss), but any word with an s in it will get their attention. As for calling their names, when I call for Nikki out on the island, Frank will come running, but rarely Nikki. Frank is always convinced that if I call for Nikki, there is food in the offing. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > I don't use either word, because I speak Swedish to my cats (incidentally, > puss means kiss in Swedish, and kisse means puss), but any word with an s in > it will get their attention. As for calling their names, when I call for > Nikki out on the island, Frank will come running, but rarely Nikki. Frank is > always convinced that if I call for Nikki, there is food in the offing. You mean there isn't always food in the offing? :-( Poor Frank Pam S. Obviously, Frank is no fool. : > I don't use either word, because I speak Swedish to my cats (incidentally, : > puss means kiss in Swedish, and kisse means puss), but any word with an s in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] : : Pam S. >> I don't use either word, because I speak Swedish to my cats >> (incidentally, puss means kiss in Swedish, and kisse means puss), Oh now, THAT must confuse the hell out of visitors! In news:8riQb.96099$6y6.1924440@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net, Brenda <blodwenOBVIOUS@worldnet.att.net> radiated into the WorldWideWait: > I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at > night. If not, I call to them. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not > sure yet about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" The sound, no matter HOW faint, of a "treats" bag being opened... Shmogg has always been a "puss", but I tend to pronounce it somewhere between "push" and "pu-j", ashe seems to come to respond to it a little better (ie, whenever what I'm doing may be more interesting than whatever he's doing) Yowie > Shmogg has always been a "puss", but I tend to pronounce it somewhere > between "push" and "pu-j", ashe seems to come to respond to it a little > better (ie, whenever what I'm doing may be more interesting than whatever > he's doing) Ashe?? Did I miss something? Joyce > > Shmogg has always been a "puss", but I tend to pronounce it somewhere > > between "push" and "pu-j", ashe seems to come to respond to it a little [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joyce Don't think you missed anything. I had to reread it a couple of times myself before I figured it out. Try putting a space between "as" and "he". Reads a lot better. Sam > <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Try putting a space between "as" and "he". Reads a lot better. Oh... duh!! :) I thought maybe there was a new 4-legged member of the family that I hadn't heard about for some reason, and that maybe Yowie was a tennis fan. :) (Does that joke fly with non-USA'ans?) Joyce > > <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote in message > >> Yowie <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Joyce This non-USA'an recognizes the reference to Arthur Ashe, tennis player from way back in the 70's or 80's or something. Is that the one you were referring to? Also, I've gotten used to Yowie's muddling of the spaces, learned to read "Yowlish"... (just teasin ya, Vicky, sorry) :D SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 > > > <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote in message > > >> Yowie <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@yahoo.com.au> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Also, I've gotten used to Yowie's muddling of the spaces, learned to > read "Yowlish"... (just teasin ya, Vicky, sorry) :D "Yowlish" is a result of my brain working faster than my fingers. At least you folk can understand the letters if not the spacings, my handwriting is 10 times worse simply because handwriting is so much slower than touch typing. Unfrotunately, both my touch typing and handwriting was self-taught, which is why they are so aweful. I learnt to read long before I learnt to write. Consequently I could already form long complex sentences with 'big words' and develop a plot. But my hands, not being used to all that manual dexterity needed to keep up with my brain spewing out the story, always kept tripping over themselves. And as they tripped over, I'd lose the spot I was up to in the story-in-my-head and get really really frustrated, which meant that holding onto the pen and *carefully* forming those letters was even harder, which meant I got more frustrated etc etc etc. Believe it or not, I had to be put into the remedial class for "reading and writing", not because of my reading which, I was several years advanced in (had the reading skills of a 10 year old at 5) but because I simply couldn't write properly. Which didn't help one little bit because of course, I had the reading skills of a 10 year old but the classes were aimed at people who couldn't read *and* couldn't write. Eventually, with the insigth of a teacher who recognised the problem, and my mother, over the summer holidays one year, I was not taught how to write so much as trained my hands & arm muscles how to do it automatically. While my handwriting is pretty aweful when I'm writing alot, its at least legible, and I *can* write neatly if I'm not trying to download all the stuff in my brain as quickly as possible so I don't miss a bit. (My stories just sort of "spew" out, i can't hold them in at all. Once they start, they keep coming until they finish. I can't stop them half way through, or go back an edit, or anything until its all downloaded. I try to correct the mistakes later but I rarely if ever see the glaring errors that you folk do. And thats because I'm *very* fluent in Yowlish :-) ) Yowie >>Also, I've gotten used to Yowie's muddling of the spaces, learned to >>read "Yowlish"... (just teasin ya, Vicky, sorry) :D [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 10 times worse simply because handwriting is so much slower than touch > typing. I write like that too when I write letters or stories. Used to be able to write essays on just about anything while at school. Of course the fact that I read anything I could get my hands on as soon as I learned to read (around 4 or 5), even encyclopaedias (sp?) may have had something to do with it too. There seem to be different kinds of "generators" in my head - the story generator, the recipe generator, the excuse generator when you need to get off the hook for something... Unfortunately the recipe generator doesn't work with measures and such, as that would be so handy for any troll-b-ques going on here at times. I just put a dash of this and a piece of that and a bit of that, making it impossible to recreate any dish I've made, even if I'd want to. SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 Yowie skrev i meddelandet <401453a6$0$28866$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>... >"Yowlish" is a result of my brain working faster than my fingers. At least >you folk can understand the letters if not the spacings, my handwriting is [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >Yowie You should use a tape recorder. Tell the whole story to the recorder. I suppose it might be a bit boring to write it out later, though. Elisabet > This non-USA'an recognizes the reference to Arthur Ashe, tennis player > from way back in the 70's or 80's or something. Is that the one you were > referring to? Yes, he's the one. I guess I've just dated myself by that reference! Joyce Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" > Brenda Persia leaps up the moment I call "here kitty kitty kitty!" Of course, I do that with a trilling of the tongue :) Jill > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" Ours seem to respond mostly to their names... though when they're being naughty they've been known to run when they hear "gato cabron!" uttered... :) SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com (...) > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" I have never called a cat either 'kitty' or 'puss', although I do often call cats 'cat'. Mine I usually call by name if I want them to choose to look at me, then decide to ignore me. Bloody ingrates. I often call my larger cat 'Big Cat!' (or 'Big Kimble Cat') for he is a cat of great size. Although my smaller cat is called 'mu' (well, just the Greek letter, but I don't suppose that's Usenet friendly) I seem to be giving him the nickname 'miaow', because he does. Doesn't answer to it, mind. The only really guaranteed way to get their attention is to shout 'cat snack' which is the sign that they are about to get a cat-oriented small food sample. Steve. > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" Neither. Mandy gets them to come to her by snapping her fingers, but that doesn't work for anyone else. They do come to their names....or not. They definitely come to the sound of the refrigerator door, can opener, or click of the stove being turned on. I think they understand fluent food. Pam S. who tries to call "here kitty, kitty, kitty" only to be looked at like she is insane > > Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm not sure yet > > about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or "puss?" [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Pam S. who tries to call "here kitty, kitty, kitty" only to be looked at > like she is insane Snapping her fingers, how insolent! Vino would grant such an act with nothing more than his dirtiest look, followed by turning his back on the finger-snapper ;-) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>> Bunter was a "puss," Pea's all "kitty," Emily is both, and I'm >>> not sure yet about Max. Which do your cats prefer, "kitty" or [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> refrigerator door, can opener, or click of the stove being turned >> on. I think they understand fluent food. > Snapping her fingers, how insolent! Vino would grant such an act > with nothing more than his dirtiest look, followed by turning his > back on the finger-snapper ;-) Concur. I've tried it and all I got was a tilted head watching to see what other tricks I was going to do. > >> Neither. Mandy gets them to come to her by snapping her fingers, > >> but that doesn't work for anyone else. They do come to their [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Concur. I've tried it and all I got was a tilted head watching to see > what other tricks I was going to do. You'd think they'd have nothing to do with her, but the cats think she's wonderful, even as they're hiding from her behind me. I think they feel that she's one of them. She's certainly obnoxious enough to be related to her kitty brother, Pine Cone. Pam S. > I usually have a cat or two join me as soon as I climb into bed at night. > If not, I call to them. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Brenda Heh. Mike answers only to his name, and only if he feels like it. ------ Krista > Heh. Mike answers only to his name, and only if he feels like it. My two cats respond to both names, when they feel like it. Strange, but when I call for one of them for a snack, they both show up. If I call for one of them to ask who pushed down a glass from the kitchen table, none of them are to be found Well, I guess there is nothing I can do about it... SignatureHans On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 06:24:04 +0100, "Hans Schrøder" <han-schr@online.no> wrote: >> Heh. Mike answers only to his name, and only if he feels like it. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Well, I guess there is nothing I can do about it... I work for a small company that is run out of the boss's house. We still laugh about the time that his wife paged him on the intercom to say that lunch was ready, and Dixie (the mostly-cocker-spaniel who is the office mascot) immediately ran up the stairs. Obviously, she has learned the word "lunch". SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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