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Zucchini Started conversation Mar 13, 2003
'Haroouuf!" = A sort of yawn and greeting.
'Oooo!" = Pathetic attempt at howling with some encouragement.
'Snort.' = Not worked this one out yet.
Pathetic high pitched whine = Please let me out, I need to wee!
'Bark! Bark!' = 'There's someone at the front door! Er, or possibly next door.'
'Yelp!' = 'Derek has just trod on my tail.'
'Wimper' = Either 'Big dog! Must play with it!' or 'Big dog! Must hide behind Duncan!'
'Grrr... wup! Grrr... wup!' = Having a dream (the only time he actually growls.)
'Wup wup wup wup' = Barking in his dream.
'Yip! Yip! Yip!` = (He's only done this once so not entirely sure) 'Janine! Derek! Look... Duncan's home! Duncan's home!'
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Caveman, Evil Unix Sysadmin, betting shop operative, and SuDoku addict (Its an odd mix, but someone has to do it) Posted Mar 13, 2003
You might find this useful...
http://www.takaratoys.co.jp/bowlingual/
(but only if you speak japanese...)
For the rest of us, try..
http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/cool/02-10-12/bowlingual.html
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Zucchini Posted Mar 14, 2003
That's scary 
. Do we really need a machine to interpret your 
is saying? It's not hard! Now if there was one for cats, that would be an achievement.
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Brontë Babe (orig. 'Lizzy Gold' but fancied a change of name) Posted Mar 25, 2003
Hehehe, thanks for sharing that with us. 
It's great how dogs (and cats, for that matter) can communicate with their owners, isn't it? I reckon they're probably a lot smarter than we take them for...
Liz 
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Zucchini Posted Mar 27, 2003
Hiya Lizzy! Now that I've moved house into a home with three cats, I'm discovering that Barney can make all kinds of other noises... usually whimpers and whines. He'll cower behind me when a cat is in the room, but then chase after it when it leaves!
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- 1: Zucchini (Mar 13, 2003)
- 2: Caveman, Evil Unix Sysadmin, betting shop operative, and SuDoku addict (Its an odd mix, but someone has to do it) (Mar 13, 2003)
- 3: Zucchini (Mar 14, 2003)
- 4: Zucchini (Mar 14, 2003)
- 5: Brontë Babe (orig. 'Lizzy Gold' but fancied a change of name) (Mar 25, 2003)
- 6: Zucchini (Mar 27, 2003)
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