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:shock: ...you speak German Tony...I'm impressed! :lol:
ooooooooo :mrgreen:
Well, I did A level German and french at school, but find it much easier to recall and speak the German for some reason. I can remember things in German that I cant in French, its quite natural for some reason. Odd.
Bailey does seem to understand however. Bless her.
Interesting, especially when you wonder about how they got there.
I tend to use the word "Schnell" a lot when skiing in Austria, along with "Nein" and "los fahren" obviously used loudly and as formally as possible!!
Which one of your cats is called Potato Head?
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Started by Tony_H in Ski Chatter 31-Mar-2009 - 41 Replies
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
Snowb4ndit
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
Tony_H wrote:Every night my cat demands tea at bang on 5pm. Its like some kind of in built alarm clock. Shes even adjusted to BST very quickly.
The thing is, when I pluck a sachet of food out of the box at random, a bit like a lucky dip, and tell what flavour it is, I don't get a reaction. However, when I tell her in German what it is, she miaows and goes mental. For example:
TH: "Would you like beef?"
Bailey: "........"
TH: "Ok, how about some RIND" (***hoch-deutsch pron.***)
Bailey: "Miaow....miaow....purr purr" doing a little dance around the bowl
Anyone else got any pets that understand different languages?
:shock: ...you speak German Tony...I'm impressed! :lol:
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Amanda n
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
Ian Wickham wrote:amanda n wrote:i'm insane compared to this lot lol
ooooooooo :mrgreen:
age is but a number but why does it have to keep going up !!
Tony_H
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
snowb4ndit wrote:Tony_H wrote:Every night my cat demands tea at bang on 5pm. Its like some kind of in built alarm clock. Shes even adjusted to BST very quickly.
The thing is, when I pluck a sachet of food out of the box at random, a bit like a lucky dip, and tell what flavour it is, I don't get a reaction. However, when I tell her in German what it is, she miaows and goes mental. For example:
TH: "Would you like beef?"
Bailey: "........"
TH: "Ok, how about some RIND" (***hoch-deutsch pron.***)
Bailey: "Miaow....miaow....purr purr" doing a little dance around the bowl
Anyone else got any pets that understand different languages?
:shock: ...you speak German Tony...I'm impressed! :lol:
Well, I did A level German and french at school, but find it much easier to recall and speak the German for some reason. I can remember things in German that I cant in French, its quite natural for some reason. Odd.
Bailey does seem to understand however. Bless her.
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Tony_H
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
Dave Mac wrote:Nope, Tony's correct, we have sheep in the next field, and I say good morning,in Spanish. Think they are from the Baaasque area. :wink:
Interesting, especially when you wonder about how they got there.
Brucie
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
The only German I know is from Blackadder!! My cats do seem to understand 'Schnell Schnell Kartofelkopf'!!!!!!!!!
"Better to remain reticent and have people think one is an idiot, than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt"
Amanda n
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
What worries me is How/Why did Tony start speaking to his cat in German in his kitchen at 5pm ???? very strange
age is but a number but why does it have to keep going up !!
Tony_H
reply to 'Multilingual pets' posted Mar-2009
Ahh, you see its all about the WAY you say it :wink:Brucie wrote:The only German I know is from Blackadder!! My cats do seem to understand 'Schnell Schnell Kartofelkopf'!!!!!!!!!
I tend to use the word "Schnell" a lot when skiing in Austria, along with "Nein" and "los fahren" obviously used loudly and as formally as possible!!
Which one of your cats is called Potato Head?
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Topic last updated on 10-April-2009 at 17:36