Hi there folks,
Alberto here. Today’s letter is “Y” and that stands for “Yowl”. Please pull up a seat and allow me to explain this word from a feline point of view. As all of the Tribe has some Siamese in us, we do have a tendency to talk but we object to the word yowl.
Yowl means “a loud wailing cry, especially one of pain or distress.” When you humans use this word to describe every sound we make we are offended. Sometimes (usually in the wee hours of the morning) we like to stand outside your bedroom door and sing the song of our people. This is singing not yowling.
Sometimes we just want to get your attention or have a short little chat, this is talking, not yowling.
Felines yowl when they are in dire circumstances. If your felines are communicating with you vocally, please use the proper adjective and do not state that we are yowling.
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Alberto, thank you for this valuable lesson!
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Thank you. I feel it’s my mission to enlighten the humans.
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto
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Great post today, Alberto! Our Gracie sometimes yowls to get our attention when she is downstairs, and we are upstairs. Most often, when we then go downstairs to check on her, she is on the sofa, waiting for us to join her. 🙂
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Yes, many humans don’t understand that we felines like to speak to you Humans on occasion.
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto
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I thought you would go with yarn and how much fun it is to play with.:)
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Rats, that would have been a good one too!
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto
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You are so wise, Alberto. I’ll make sure that I use that word properly with referring to whatever king of talking you’re doing.
Have a purrfect day. My best to your peeps. ♥
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Why thank you for understanding!
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto
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Yes,Siamese can be very talkative. Thank you for explaining the difference. I was brought up with Siamese I just loved their chatty characters.
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Our Humans do too which is why they always like to rescue cats with some blend of Siamese in them.
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto
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Thanks for clarifying everything.
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It is my calling.
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto
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I have to spend some time looking at your previous A-Z posts. I had to back up the link URL to just felineopines.net to get it to load, it wouldn’t work for me from the A-Z site, and I tried a few different letters!
Glad to see the Siamese for the Yowl!
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Thanks for visiting us, we Felines have a lot to say!
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Alberto &
The Tribe of Five
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Ultraviolet certainly agrees, this makes perfect sense, Alberto!
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Well, everyone should learn something new every day… don’t you think? hehehehe~ I’m not a cat person, but it doesn’t mean I don’t love kitties!!!! Have a great day!
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