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Re: She sounds like Katharine Hepburn!
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Tigger
Dec 30, 2015, 1:51:31 AM12/30/15
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jmcquown wrote:
> Buffy does this funny thing from time to time, usually when we're
> playing. She'll start to meow just as she begins to run toward me. She
> sounds for all the world like Katharine Hepburn when her voice was quavering.
>
> Not to disparage that grand dame of acting but if you ever saw the film
> 'The African Queen', just imagine Buffy trying to say "Mr. Alnutt!" Her
> meow comes out like "me uh uh uh". It's very comical!
Dogs can do this sort of "imitation" too. My take on this is that they are
imitating the over all human speech pattern.
See
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BOytwBZWkow/U_FT9clwLnI/AAAAAAAADzw/2uewGYLxwG4/s800/fatfreddyscat4_me-out.jpg
or
http://tinyurl.com/gm3xyrx
> Buffy does this funny thing from time to time, usually when we're
> playing. She'll start to meow just as she begins to run toward me. She
> sounds for all the world like Katharine Hepburn when her voice was quavering.
>
> Not to disparage that grand dame of acting but if you ever saw the film
> 'The African Queen', just imagine Buffy trying to say "Mr. Alnutt!" Her
> meow comes out like "me uh uh uh". It's very comical!
Dogs can do this sort of "imitation" too. My take on this is that they are
imitating the over all human speech pattern.
See
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BOytwBZWkow/U_FT9clwLnI/AAAAAAAADzw/2uewGYLxwG4/s800/fatfreddyscat4_me-out.jpg
or
http://tinyurl.com/gm3xyrx
Joy
Dec 30, 2015, 1:54:25 AM12/30/15
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I called, "Here, kitty, kitty!" and the dog answered, "Meow".
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