Althouse: Why you accidentally call family members by your dog's name.

४ मे, २०१६

Why you accidentally call family members by your dog's name.

But not your cat's name.

२५ टिप्पण्या:

tim maguire म्हणाले...: Because dogs are family members, but cats aren't?; ४/५/१६, १०:१३ AM
Darrell म्हणाले...: Cats are family members. For the intelligent.; ४/५/१६, १०:२२ AM
Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...: The Monks of New Skete say don't give your dog a human name because then you'll anthropomorphize it leading to a parade of horrible.

That's some pretty dumb advice.

They also claim that it's perfectly humane to crate your dog because dogs have a denning instinct, and if your dog whines when first put in a crate, you should punch the top to startle the dog into submission.

WWJD?; ४/५/१६, १०:२२ AM
PB म्हणाले...: I'd like to see some correlation of this with IQ and other factors. I've never experienced this.; ४/५/१६, १०:२४ AM
Bruce Hayden म्हणाले...: Then, there was my mother who called us "B, J, J, T, B, Suzi, Sonya", where the initials refer to our names, in age order, Suzi was the puddle, and Sonya a huskie. Never mentioned the cat, Mittens, but he was an outdoor cat, so maybe that doesn't count. Might have made more sense to just use "hey you, yes YOU" instead.; ४/५/१६, १०:२६ AM
madAsHell म्हणाले...: When I was young, my mother would yell at me with first my father's name, then the dog's name, and finally my name.
By this time, we were both laughing.; ४/५/१६, १०:२७ AM
tim maguire म्हणाले...: Darrell said...Cats are family members. For the intelligent.

Is that what your therapist told you?; ४/५/१६, १०:२८ AM
Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...: Now I'm kind of wondering how many women have called out their dog's name while getting banged.; ४/५/१६, १०:३० AM
Bruce Hayden म्हणाले...: As to IQ - my poor sainted (after raising 5 boys) mother, who did that, was 1st in her class at the University of Illnois. Maybe a bit different, but not stupid.; ४/५/१६, १०:३० AM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent म्हणाले...: Yikes. I do this to my younger son regularly. But it's OK because I really, really love our dachshund.

The dog is family, the cat is an employee.; ४/५/१६, १०:३३ AM
Nichevo म्हणाले...: ब्लॉग प्रशासकाने ही टिप्पण्णी हटविली आहे.; ४/५/१६, १०:४४ AM
Gahrie म्हणाले...: My Mom sometimes runs down my brother's name, my father's name and several of the pet's names before she settles on my name.....; ४/५/१६, १०:५६ AM
Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...: I have a cat who goes "Meeeeeeooooowwwwwww" whenever I say "Wanna Whole Lotta Love."

She'll do it four times in a row.

If that's not a good time, then I don't know what is.; ४/५/१६, १०:५८ AM
Jeff म्हणाले...: We have cats and my wife has called me by the cat's name more than once. The researchers just don't have the right cats.; ४/५/१६, ११:०१ AM
B म्हणाले...: My cat doesn't have a name. The closest thing to a name is when I whistle. When he hears that he comes inside to eat.; ४/५/१६, ११:०५ AM
HoodlumDoodlum म्हणाले...: That was funny, Eric, and even more funny if true.; ४/५/१६, ११:२६ AM
Deborah M. म्हणाले...: Actually I call my cat by my former boss's name. And, my mother used to call her dog by my husband's name. I don't know what any of that means.; ४/५/१६, ११:२९ AM
Michael K म्हणाले...: Bill Cosby, in one of his routines, said he thought his brother's name was "Jesus Christ!" until he was ten because that's the way his father always called the brother.; ४/५/१६, ११:३५ AM
Quaestor म्हणाले...: I've done that. I love my dog, so I hope my friends and family take it as a compliment.; ४/५/१६, ११:४८ AM
Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...: Totally true.

Early on we learned that she would meow whenever someone addressed her by name.

One thing lead to another.; ४/५/१६, ११:५२ AM
Fritz म्हणाले...: My mom used to routinely run down the list of "Mark, Ted, Prince, Fritz" when preparing to yell at me for whatever it was I was doing wrong. Mark and Ted are younger brothers. Prince was a German Shepherd.; ४/५/१६, २:३५ PM
Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...: Damn! I missed a golden opportunity to type: One thing Led to another.; ४/५/१६, ४:०४ PM
Roger Sweeny म्हणाले...: Every year, there seemed to be one pair of kids whose names I mixed up in my high school classes. Usually, they looked similar, and were always boys. If they started getting annoyed by it, I'd promise to pay them each a quarter if I ever did it again. I lost a few bucks that way but it let them know I was trying.

(I never confused the pair of identical twins. One wore glasses and I quickly memorized which one that was.); ४/५/१६, ७:३१ PM
Sam L. म्हणाले...: You can call the cat whatever you want, and it won't come. Until it's ready.; ४/५/१६, ११:३० PM
David म्हणाले...: "(I never confused the pair of identical twins. One wore glasses and I quickly memorized which one that was.)"

Damned clever of you Roger.; ५/५/१६, २:०६ AM