At ten weeks old Jerry Coyne the Cat is already a roué, eliciting fusses from all and sundry. Here he is in a video with rescuer Gayle Ferguson.
I love the little smile she makes at the end (Gayle is a serious person), which I fancifully interpret as her thinking, “Thank goodness I rescued you, little guy. What a cute kitten you’ve become!” She then speaks to him, but I can’t make out what she says.
In three days Jerry Coyne flies to Christchurch to meet his new staff. I will miss him.
I think Gayle’s speaking Cat. She appears to be quite fluent in the language.
It doesn’t translate very well into English….
b&
Glossolalia.
If it was between humans, yeah…but there’s actual communication between human and feline in this case.
b&
Maybe “Such a good boy?”
In any case, the boy surrrrrr can purrrrr.
Ha ha! Yes she said he was a good boy. I heard that really plainly but I am the official Kiwi/Aussie translator wherever I go! 😀
I understood her to say “you’re a good boy” also. Have you noticed that women commenters heard it and men commenters did not? I wonder if that is significant.
Female voices are often preferred by both sexes when it comes to electronic devices. In jet fighters the voice is female and commands more attention – it is speculated that this is because of the register of the female voice.
However, it a room full of loud males, I find my voice doesn’t get heard over their voices so I guess it is particularly heard in isolation.
Probably just a coincidence that the males seemed not to hear the Gayle.
Heard this as well, quite well even “such a good boy” and I’m non native english speaker and found Jerry Coyne, the human impersonator, at times difficult to understand. 🙂
“new staff”…..I love it!
Peggy Carlan
I would hate to say goodbye to Jerry Kitty.
It looks to me like she said “You’re a good boy.”
“Good boy.”
I did say “good boy”
She said “Good boy!” Plain as day. Even Kink heard it and looked up.
Okay. I did ‘rush to judgement’ concerning gender responses. Mia culpa.
Cuteness overload.
*head explodes.*
Cuteness overload corrected.
What a fine looking beast! Nice purr too.