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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
@fivetonsflax @nrohluap What linguists thought was the cat phase for “thank you” (or more literally “grateful mine”) turned out to mean something closer to “you will be/shall remain grateful for me(existing)” — That cats say this at times where “thank you” would be a more expected response (from a human perspective) is something we can only puzzle over. Perhaps, when cats receive gifts they endeavor to remind us how we ought keep giving them more?