Cross Species Communications - Monday

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"Hello class." Mary said as soon as the classroom had settled down. "I hope you all had a pleasant weekend. I was able to meet with a few parents, guardians and... Others."

Yes Jude she's looking at you.

"If your parents or guardians were not able to attend this weekend I would be happy to discuss your progress with them over the phone. But it is up to you to let them know that is an option."

No, she's not smirking.

"Today we are discussing the language of Filis silvestris catus, also known as the domesticated or 'house' cat. The language itself will serve with any member of the Felidae family. But, being the language of a branch that shares it's habitat for the most part with humans, the vocabulary is a bit broader. The domesticated language lends itself more to direct translation from human languages. A wild cat, be it a feral silvestris catus or one of the lager wild Felidae, will understand what you're saying if you speak Domestic to it. Though they might think you sound a bit... Posh. We have two guest speakers today to illustrate this, but we'll get to that in a bit."

"They use more than one hundred vocalizations and types of body language for communication." Mary explained. "Which makes it about ten times as complex as the language of hounds which we've already covered. The unique sound a cat makes is rendered onomatopoeically as "meow" or similar variants ("miaow", "miau" etc.) in most European languages as well as Mandarin Chinese. Though the French often write the sound a cat makes as 'ron'. Japanese has it as "nyaau", "nyu", or "nyan"; Korean as "yaong" or "nyaong". In Arabic the sound is transcribed as "mowa'a" or "naw". Other variants exist throughout the world. This unique sound is referred to by those who consider themselves experts as a 'Call'. Hence the phrase 'Cat Call'. The cat's pronunciation of this call varies significantly depending onmeaning. Usually cats call out to indicate pain, request humanattention (to be fed or played with, for example), or as a greeting."

Mary goes on to give some information about communication and body language.

"As I said before, we have two guest speakers today. One is... Merdebaise..." Mary didn't comment on the meaning of that name. "Who was until recently fending for herself. The other is Pywackit, who has lived with people all his life."

[ooc: Sorry for lateness, please wait for OCD open!]]

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DURING THE LECTURE

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Schrodinger has a certain amount of experience with this language. It rather comes naturally to him.

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Lavender took detailed notes. She really wanted a cat of her own.

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Naomi took down detailed notes.

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[stykera]

Stark had learned some Cat in the spring, but it was always good to get more information.

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Kaoru took his usual Japanese notes. He'd been toying with the idea of getting a cat, especially if he knew how to speak with it. But then again...animals were so tedious to take care of...

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Lana found her time with Panther!Jim had really helped her in this area.

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Ranma is breathing hard and sweating, just seeing the cats nearby. He struggles to stay in his seat.

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Dawn took a lot of notes, and couldn't help thinking this would have been very helpful when Miss Kitty Fantastico was still around.

She may have specifically been looking for the words to translate "Look out! Arrow!" in cat.

GUEST SPEAKERS

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Please wait for the two guest speakers to ping in. The names on the main post will become links to jump directly to their threads.

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Merdebaise is here.

And hates you all.

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//Hello, there// Lavender vaguely recalled Pip telling her he had a rather violent cat.

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//Hey there.// Kaoru said to the kitty, noting its rather...angry look and standing a few feet back.

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[stykera]

Stark nodded politely to the cat. He thought she looked angry, but that hadn't really stopped him from talking to anyone else in the past, so he'd just try being polite.

//Hello//

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//Did you choose your name yourself, or was it given to you?// Carmela asks curiously.

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Something about him reminds Angela of her cat, Min.

//Hello,// she ventures.

GUEST SPEAKER - Pywackit

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Pywackit seems rather aloof.

Big surprise.

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Willow was very excited. She'd been looking forward to this particular class.

//Hello, how are you?// Willow asked.

[ooc: going to bed, actually, just wanted to ping in so I wouldn't forget. Shall pick up tags tomorrow]

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//Hello, is today treating you well?// Naomi asked.

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Carmela decides to repeat the question she'd asked Merdebaise. //Is your name of your own choosing, or did a human give it to you?//

AFTER CLASS

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