Do you spell out certain words or say them in Pig Latin in the presence of your pets?

raccoon

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Thu Jun-04-09 07:57 AM
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Do you spell out certain words or say them in Pig Latin in the presence of your pets?

Or am I the only one who does this?

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Rosie1223

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Thu Jun-04-09 07:59 AM
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1. I don't but

maybe my cat isn't as smart as yours.

:rofl:

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LostinVA

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:01 AM
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2. We can't say "sheep," we have to say "ovine"

Mick loves sheepherding lessons, and gets REALLY excited if you say "sheep." He can't even hear sheep on TV. We literally can't watch "Babe" if he's inside.

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raccoon

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:02 AM
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3. Is Mick a border collie? nt

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LostinVA

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:07 AM
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5. OOPS -- yes

Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 08:07 AM by LostinVA

He also knows many words, icnluding Haruka's real first name. ie "Where's (Haruka)???"

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lazyriver

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:05 AM
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4. Yes but it doesn't work. The dog has figured out what R-I-D-E means

and he's close to cracking the code for C-O-O-K-I-E.

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CBR

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:14 AM
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6. I have to for O-U-T. Also, I cannot say Daddy if my husband is

not around or he starts looking for him and gets upset if he is not there.

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applegrove

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:24 AM
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7. You must have dogs. My cats have not bothered to learn english.

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raccoon

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:27 AM
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8. No, I have a cat, but I say "Una-tay" and "Icken-chay" just to be on the safe side. nt

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taterguy

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:27 AM
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9. P-A-R-K , F-R-I-S-B-E-E

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alsame

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:59 PM
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25. I spell those too, along with R-I-D-E and T-R-E-A-T. n/t

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Jamastiene

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:30 AM
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10. Nope. You are not the only one.

Sunday Girl was raised on a bottle from just a few days old. She's 16 years old now. She knows every word we say. She's brilliant. Sometimes, spelling the words doesn't even fool her. I've learned to negotiate with her when medicine time comes. On other things, we have to spell it. Ham is one word you cannot say around her unless you are ready to give her some right away. She will drive you nuts if she hears the word, "ham."

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RockaFowler

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:35 AM
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11. My dogs are catching on now

I open the fridge and they know cheese is coming out. Now I have to mispell cheese as CHEEZ so they don't catch on. They wait by my feet until I give them a slice. Smart little guys

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cwydro

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:42 AM
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12. Oh yes.

No pig latin. But I do spell.

They're on to me though.

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ScreamingMeemie

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:44 AM
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13. All the time: Walk, Vet, treat-or anything that ends in eat-outside...

really, we never speak true English around her it seems.

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Phentex

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Thu Jun-04-09 12:34 PM
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16. we spell those too!

I can't even say leash without one running to step on my feet. They act like they never get walked. And they get walked every day! Still, each morning one cries and the other runs in cirlces when they see us putting our shoes on.

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RebelOne

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Thu Jun-04-09 09:56 AM
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14. I used to have to spell out the words "walk" and "ride"

around my (now-deceased) Rottweiler. But then, she learned to spell.

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JoDog

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Thu Jun-04-09 12:31 PM
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15. yes, but he's learning to spell

He knows what O-U-T means, and he suspects T-R-E-A-T.

Sam also understands a little Yiddish.

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suninvited

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Thu Jun-04-09 12:38 PM
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17. I never thought about piglatin

imetay otay ogay otay ethay etvay.

Aha, he will never figure it out.

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mentalsolstice

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Thu Jun-04-09 01:06 PM
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18. My pug now knows how to spell the word "car" eom

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mcctatas

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Thu Jun-04-09 01:07 PM
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19. depends...

do the spawn count as pets? :P

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Gormy Cuss

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Thu Jun-04-09 01:12 PM
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20. You mean like "Ea-flay Eatmen-tray day" or "time to visit the V-E-T?"

No, never.

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TommyO

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Thu Jun-04-09 01:16 PM
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21. We have to change words on a regular basis

Our cats get their treats at 6:00pm, or as close to it as we can manage. The cats know the word "treats", so if we ask each other if the cats have had their treats (to avoid over-treating them), we've had to change the word "treats" several times to "snacks", "yums", and now we're calling them "sixes" because they have them at six. They'll learn that one soon enough

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ZombieNixon

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Thu Jun-04-09 01:17 PM
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22. We used to have a cat who got fed at seven o'clock every day.

We had to spell out D-I-N-N-E-R or S-E-V-E-N, because if we said the words, she'd run to the kitchen and start meowing. :D

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driver8

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Thu Jun-04-09 01:17 PM
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23. We had to spell "Walk" around our Border Collie, Cody.

He quickly realized as soon as we said "W..." what we were talking about.

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NightWatcher

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:01 PM
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26. the Great Reeces even learned to recognize our sign language for a "w"

I like to mess with him.

"Say honey, isnt Christopher WALKen in this movie?"
he starts to dart for the door

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driver8

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:09 PM
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27. Ha Ha -- that's pretty funny! n/t

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pokerfan

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Thu Jun-04-09 01:21 PM
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24. What dogs hear vs. what we say

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MqQcOEVxmE

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Lyric

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:14 PM
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28. Oh GOD yes.

All of the following MUST be spelled-out, or else we get a fuzzy tornado.

"Dog out" (any variation thereof, like "Can you let the dog out?" or "Should we take the dog out?")

"Bone"

"Brush" (he's a Golden Retriever, so he loves his brush like people love orgasms)

"Ball"

"Bath" (he LOOOOOOVES the bath, and if we say this word out loud, he's jumping into the tub and barking until we turn the water on)

"Quack" (his favorite toy is a stuffed duck with an internal "Quacker")

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Orsino

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:22 PM
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29. O-U-T and T-R-E-A-T get spelled...

...when used in earshot of dogs but not intended for them.

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seemunkee

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:31 PM
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30. B-A-T-H and W-A-L-K

One causes major excitement the other causes our little one to hide under the bed.

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LostInAnomie

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:33 PM
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31. B-A-L-L

If you say the word he goes nuts looking for one for the next half hour.

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TheCentepedeShoes

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Thu Jun-04-09 05:47 PM
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32. Spelling doesn't work all that well

We resort to passing notes:eyes:

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