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viralmemory
2007-03-13 08:24 pm UTC (link)

While the really hardcore CF community gets on my nerves to no end, I have to say that every time I visit Cute Overload, I want to strangle people who use the word 'kitteh' more than three times in a single comment. And the urge gets stronger every time.

And so help me, the extreme catspeak on cat_macros is about to make my brain cave in. Apropos of almost nothing, I've just needed to say that for a while.

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	demonbean 2007-03-13 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Kitteh" - do people really say that? I have to disagree a bit, and say that I tend to like the utterly bizarre cat-macro English, but people who talk that way without trying to make a joke of it sort of scare me ... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	viralmemory 2007-03-13 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I don't mind the basics of catspeak, but it's getting to the point where they are barely recognizable words anymore. Just my personal preference, but I think that if my cat could talk, she'd spell most of her words correctly. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zyna_kat 2007-03-13 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	If my cats could talk, I'm sure they'd refer to themselves as something like "His Majesty Catophocles, Supreme Master of Curtain Climbing Rodent Catchers". In Ancient Greek or Egyptian, of course. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	esclaramonde 2007-03-13 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	I will not try to figure out how to translate that, I will not try to figure out how to translate that ... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zyna_kat 2007-03-13 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	Oooh... will not ask her to translate it, will not ask her to translate it (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	esclaramonde 2007-03-14 12:40 am UTC (link)
	OMG, I am the biggest nerd in the history of ever. It took me longer to find the stupid signs on my computer than to figure out, honestly. ALSO THERE WAS NO ANKH SIGN OKAY. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ashenmote 2007-03-14 01:52 am UTC (link)
	♥ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	qem_chibati 2007-03-14 06:01 am UTC (link)
	♥ from me as well. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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	squib 2007-03-13 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	I hate all the "-eh" speech. "Funneh", "kitteh", and ugh ugh ugh UGH especially "hunneh" and "bebeh". KILL IT WITH FIRE. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vigilanterodent 2007-03-13 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	There's actually a Greasemonkey script that takes out Meg's text and leaves the pictures, if you dislike the twee. I think it's cute, but I can see where someone else might not. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

viralmemory
2007-03-13 09:34 pm UTC (link)

Not dislike, honestly, just get tweaked by the sheer volume of it. I blame it on my own hyper-obsessive view of language; as much fun as it is watching new languages/dialects/whatever coming into being, I sort of mourn the old one.

Then I get over it. Eventually. I might have to check out the Greasemonkey, it looks like it's got all kinds of tools that will make my brain less prone to crankiness.

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	cookie_love 2007-03-13 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	"aawwww. both bebbeh and kitteh look verry happeh!" NO ONE can talk that that and be serious. Right? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snacky 2007-03-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	I would say it on a site called "Cute Overload." I probably wouldn't say it in an email to my boss. It's all about context! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cookie_love 2007-03-13 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	True. But can you really type it and mean it...and keep a straight face? :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snacky 2007-03-13 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	My kitteh is sitting on my desk purring as I type this, and she looks verreh happeh, bebeh! ::has perfectly straight face:: (OF COURSE YOU BELIEVE ME!) P.S. Please note icon keywords. :-D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barankhy 2007-03-14 07:00 am UTC (link)
	It'd be more appropriate if it read "eh dehsseh kehnd of sehsseh" or something [/semi-random] (Reply to this)(Parent)

	viralmemory 2007-03-13 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	I agree with Snacky; it is Cute Overload. I think I just need to turn off the Internets for a while. Prince of Tennis movie or clean up for termite guy tomorrow... hmm... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cookie_love 2007-03-13 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Movie, movie! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snacky 2007-03-13 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Don't you mean "moveh, moveh!" Heh, I could do this all day! :-D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cookie_love 2007-03-13 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	I could...but "moveh" reminds me too much of "move it" which will lead to much booty shaking. I like tah moveh, moveh! :P (Reply to this)(Parent)

	blue_penguin 2007-03-13 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	I vote movie. Superpowered Dragonball Tennis > cleaning, any day. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nekoneko 2007-03-14 03:13 am UTC (link)
	Or the musicals! Then it's superpowered tennis without any actual tennis involved. Just swinging rackets at invisible balls and singing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	beckyh2112 2007-03-13 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	No, no, no, CO-populators! If you're going to use -eh on words that end in -y, then you can spell 'very' as 'verra'. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	miss_arel 2007-03-15 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	But you can't blame people for speaking that way! They can't help themselves! It's a scientific fact! Just look at the chart! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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