Creature Languages, Period 3, 2/23

[swerval_zero]

The students are greeted as they enter not by Professor Dream*, but by a small pink kitten sitting on the desk next to the sign-in sheet. Well, they will be once someone looks directly at her. Until then, the small pink kitten? Adorable, but invisible.

A stack of Cat vocabulary sheets are sitting next to the adorable pink kitten. The following is written on the board behind her:

We will be having a very special class on Cat today. Please greet your guest speaker, me, Zero Hopeless-Savage.

1. Conversation. Talk with Kitty Zero on any subject. Your end of the conversation should ideally be in Cat, however, if your limited vocabulary or the limits of the human body prevent this, feel free to use English. Kitten Zero understands it. Since Cat is such a body language-intensive language, if your statement requires actions thought vulgar by humans, please use English. Then repeat back to Kitten Zero what you think she said, in English. She will tell you if you're correct or not.

If all else fails, one mew for yes, two for no.

2. Comprehension. Kitten Zero will recite a short passage. Record what you think she said.

3. Discussion. Ask Human Zero about facets of the Cat language or Cat culture you would like to know more about. Please remember that her experience is limited.

*Unless Professor Dream is present.

((OCD threads are up! Go for it! But please remember that due to a class this afternoon, I may be doing the dance of slowplay.))

Comments

Comprehension

[swerval_zero]

You will not be graded.

A cat came fiddling out of a barn,
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm.
She could sing nothing but fiddle dee dee,
The mouse has married the bumblebee.
Pipe, cat; dance, mouse;
We'll have a wedding at our good house.

((ooc: Brownie points awarded for originality in translation.))

Re: Comprehension

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

A person came sawing at a hunk of wood with our guts for strings from the smelly place where food hides in the straw.

Holding a bag with sticks that makes a sound as if one was dying trapped between a limb and his body.

The female had difficulty making any other noise besides *purring noise* the small morsel of tasty flesh has joined with the humming thing that floats in the air.

Death shout bag, person, frolic, tasty flesh morsel;
Joined together at our loving place where food is plentiful.

Re: Comprehension

[soldtoarmenians]

Somebody... did something with their fingers that was possibly dirty while leaving a place where whores horses live. She was carrying a bag of ... something, and a ...bong? under one arm. Oh, must be a bag of pot. And singing about the thing with her fingers that was possibly dirty, and also... mating lunch with a stingy ouchy thing?

Bong, superior being, rhythmic thrusting, squeaky goodness.
We'll do that possibly dirty thing in a cabin near a meadow where the wild bees swarm.

Re: Comprehension

[swerval_zero]

((ooc: You win.))

Re: Comprehension

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

A superior one came out of a big hooved creature's home
With a noisy, offensive, squalling thing under her foreleg.
She could only yowl ... ... ...
The prey animal has mated with the buzzing not tasty stinging thing
Blow, superior one; scamper, prey animal
We'll have a public mating at our proper home.


Walter sat back and looked at what he had written. Public mating? What on earth?

Re: Comprehension

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

A royal one strutted with juttery motions and a piece of wood with string out of a giant litter box
With two loud pillows under her paw
She couldn't stop yowling about her double-d piece of wood and string
The small annoying one joined with the small stinging one
Smelly wood thing, royalty, dance woah, got that one right!, small annoying one
All will have a party at another litter box.

Victor groaned after he finished his translation and put his head on the desk. //Mold!// he grumbled in small annoying one Rat.