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Katzer/Gadser, der: noun, German, male cat
non-standard internet variety for "Kater"

comes from the word "die Katze": noun, grammatical gender: feminine; for "cat" in general, and female cat

#Cats #German #meowlogisms #purrieties #meow #linguistics #digital spaces

After a very looooooooong time, I have finally written another blog post: it's just a collection of a few meowlogisms in Ukrainian, German, and English

Take a look here: https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org/3931

#linguistics #meowlogisms #purrieties #sociolinguistics #SocialMedia

German #meowlogisms people shared with me:

Katzachstan (Catzakhstan) and katzachstanisch
Kistlen gehen (go to the toilet, from Katzenkistl = Katzenklo,

Which means, we have the meowphemes "Katze" and "Kisterl" (Katzenkistl = Katzenklo; litter box)

All these meowlogisms come from Austria

#linguistics #purrieties #cats #caturday

#linuxmint question: What's the best repository/site for desktop icons/desktop themes etc.

Now that I have switched to #Linux, I would like to catify my desktop with cute cat icons.

#Purrbuntu #Furdora #repawsitory #meowlogisms #purrieties

Is there actually a term for, say, cats as cultural signs that you find on various objects? I was thinking about calling it #FelineLandscapes as an analogy to "LinguisticLandscapes". Well, a feline landscape would be part of the study of #semeowtics, i.e. cat-related #semiotics

Cats are everywhere, and I take photographs of cat-related objects I come across

#cats #linguistics #purrieties

New this year for Christmas trees: the furry tail edition of chocolate umbrellas 🌂 🍫 😹

#FelineLandscapes #meowlogism #purrieties #linguistics #cats #caturday

BTW: The company Küfferle is furmous for its Katzenzungen (langues des chats)

me on radio tomorrow: 📻 🐈 https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20230905/732542/Weltraummacht-Indien-Katzensprache-im-Internet

Katzenhype im Internet: Forscherin entdeckt neues Sprachphänomen

Cat-Content, das sind all die Katzenfotos, die Memes und andere katzenbezogenen Inhalte, die im Internet kursieren. Mit Katzen lassen sich anscheinend auch menschliche Gefühlslagen gut ausdrücken. Und der Cat Content hat manche Menschen dazu inspiriert, auch ihre Sprache an Katzen zu orientieren.

#linguistics #sociolinguistics #purrieties #German #book #cats #Katze

"Wie Katzen unsere Sprache verändern"
Katzen sind geborene Stars in sozialen Netzwerken von Facebook bis TikTok. Wie sie online unsere Sprache verändern, hat die Grazer Sprachwissenschafterin Edith Podhovnik erforscht. Ihre Arbeit wurde jetzt von der Cambridge University Press verlegt. #orf #interview

https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3220652/

#German #cats #linguistics #purrieties

And just to add #meowlogisms in #German to my ever growing collection of feline-inspired words:

Advokatz (Advokat), Pause Tatze (Pausetaste), Katzapult (Katapult), Miatube (YouTube), Musikatze (Katzenmusikanten),, Duplikatze (Duplikat), schnurrstracks (schnurstracks), schnurrtastisch (fantastisch)

translations into English ): advo-cat, paws button, cat-apult, meow-tube, musician, dupli-cat, straight away, fantastic

#linguistics #purrieties #DigitalSpaces