ah, mornings

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Patty (to cat): Down!

[cat jumps off table onto floor]

Me: She's so good.

Patty: She knows that word. She also knows "no." She's multi-wordal.

Me: Wordal?

Patty: Shut up! She's sitting on her frog.

Me: Yes.

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goes by age and length of ownership in my house...

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Mimsy (11, tiny, gets carried everywhere) knows a fairly large vocabulary, mostly having to do with how she's arranged herself on my chest at any given point, or other forms of cuddly affection. "Lay down. No, down." or "Off the fourfoots.", which come to the same thing. "Nose kisses." "that is your butt in my face." (that is usually accompanied by a poke to the hip.) "Perchin please." (when she is trying to sit up, and I'm trying to encourage her into meatloaf position.)

Gomez knows "No", "Pets now," "Off the fourfoots", "ouch", and "No, seriously, get off mama's hip." (He's 16lbs and fat.)

Skwirl knows "NO," and ignores it. He also knows "Sushi," "guacamole," "steak", "breakfuss", "pancakes", and "Stop nomming my elbows." As you may have guessed, Skwirl LOVES him some people food.

Mouse and Tuna, being degrees of feral, and only just a very little year old, are somewhat wordally challenged. Mouse knows "steak," "pets" and "Monkey" (her toy) and "Mouse" and "treats"; Tuna seems to know "Tuna" and "treats" and that's about it..