Kittens is cute!! :-D

Idjit

Clamoring Preschooler
Local time
Today, 02:19
Joined
Apr 18, 2002
Messages
216
Argyle-kitten.jpg
 
It sure is. Is it yours?
 
Last edited:
Kitten is cute ?

Not always :)

kitten.jpg
 
Hey! An American kitten. :D
:o Sorry, that was too easy!
 
OK, here's a dutch one :

raamposter.png


It says something like: wakeup the Hague , time to vote for the party - Partij voor de Dieren :rolleyes:
 
Was??? What happened to it?

It is an old picture. She passed away a couple of years ago at 14 years of age.

Here are a couple more pics from after she grew up:

Argyle.jpg


Argyle3.jpg
 
What a great life... sitting in the warm sunlight.
:)
 
A little question here... At first, I wrote «he» as a pronoun for the cat (didn't know at that time that it was a female), but when I read my post I found out that I did a mistake (At least I thought I did) by using «he» instead of «it». Now I just notice that you also used «She» instead of «it». Is it OK to use «he/she» for an animal? Is it «it» when the sex is unknown and «he/she» when it is known? Is it always acceptable or just on casual talk. Is it acceptable in the US and UK? I thought I did a big mistake, but maybe I didn't after all. In french, we don't have «it». Even «chair» and «desk» takes «he» or «she». Those who are learning French often say that the hardest part in learning French is knowing if a table is female or male.
Thanks for clearing that out for me.
 
A little question here... At first, I wrote «he» as a pronoun for the cat (didn't know at that time that it was a female), but when I read my post I found out that I did a mistake (At least I thought I did) by using «he» instead of «it». Now I just notice that you also used «She» instead of «it». Is it OK to use «he/she» for an animal? Is it «it» when the sex is unknown and «he/she» when it is known? Is it always acceptable or just on casual talk. Is it acceptable in the US and UK? I thought I did a big mistake, but maybe I didn't after all. In french, we don't have «it». Even «chair» and «desk» takes «he» or «she». Those who are learning French often say that the hardest part in learning French is knowing if a table is female or male.
Thanks for clearing that out for me.

As someone who has (I'm embarrassed to admit) been involved in a debate over proper grammar and usage in these forums, perhaps I can offer some insight. In high school (for me, that was over 20 years ago), my English teacher was adamant that for all pets ("no matter how much we love them," in his words), the correct pronoun is "it." As a kitty afficianado, when the gender is known, I think it's highly appropriate and proper to use the correct gender pronoun. But then I've been known to take the proper usage of the English language into my own hands, and be damned with the consequences. I'm not sure this really helps you, and in any event, if you know the cat's given name, using that is always appropriate. ;)
 
Last edited:
My kittens.
DSC00352.jpg

DSC00716.jpg

Carton.jpg


I miss them:(
 
Last edited:
As someone who has (I'm embarrassed to admit) been involved in a debate over proper grammar and usage in these forums, perhaps I can offer some insight. In high school (for me, that was over 20 years ago), my English teacher was adamant that for all pets ("no matter how much we love them," in his words), the correct pronoun is "it." As a kitty afficianado, when the gender is known, I think it's highly appropriate and proper to use the correct gender pronoun. But then I've been known to take the proper usage of the English language into my own hands, and be damned with the consequences. I'm not sure this really helps you, and in any event, if you know the cat's given name, using that is always appropriate. ;)

I always use s/he when gender is known. Actually, even if I don't know I guess, rather than use "it". Funnily enough, I'll usually pick "he" for dogs and "she" for cats.


ohphunk, those are lovely pics. :)
 
That's funny.
I tend to think of dogs as boys and cats as girls too.
 
I don't think my VERY male cat Lynx appreciates that attitude!

We used to have a Siamese cat named Butch. I don't think he would have appreciated it either. :)

I used to have my Oso, but I finally had to put her down after 22 years. I still miss her terribly, but unfortunately my husband just doesn't "get" cats. :(

Now we have this critter:
633026793_5b5f60e053.jpg


Here is a picture of Emily using him as a pillow while she watches something on TV:
633890042_b658547e49.jpg


He really is a good dog, but I still miss my cat...
 
Actually the hardest part of learning English is to learn that gender is not pronoun issue for inanimate objects or animals in the general scope! :rolleyes:

Newman said:
hardest part in learning French is knowing if a table is female or male.

????
La table
L'object
Les animoux

Moi. je pige que d'al. :eek:
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Back
Top Bottom