Re: Cat screaming.
But a mouse would call it justice.
27 2016-01-19 20:09:19 (edited by Memphis Trace 2016-01-19 20:09:38)
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Re: Cat screaming.
If you carry a cat by the tail, you learn things that cannot be learned any otner way.
Mark Twain
I'll bet you could come up with the perfect onomatopoeic word if you educated yourself by Mark Twain's method.
- d a reynolds
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Re: Cat screaming.
Memphis Trace wrote:
If you carry a cat by the tail, you learn things that cannot be learned any otner way.
Mark TwainI'll bet you could come up with the perfect onomatopoeic word if you educated yourself by Mark Twain's method.
Lol, had to dash to my dictionary for that one. Yes, maybe I could come up with a new word.
Thanks
- vern
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Re: Cat screaming.
Here's a made-up word you might consider: catawailing (cat-a-wailing)
It's close enough to caterwauling to seem like a real word, but the meaning should be more self-evident for any not familiar with the feline mating calls. Just a thought and I'm sure there's a lot more imaginative contributions out there if something more standard doesn't seem to fit. Take care. Vern
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Re: Cat screaming.
d a reynolds wrote:
Memphis Trace wrote:If you carry a cat by the tail, you learn things that cannot be learned any otner way.
Mark TwainI'll bet you could come up with the perfect onomatopoeic word if you educated yourself by Mark Twain's method.
Lol, had to dash to my dictionary for that one. Yes, maybe I could come up with a new word.
Thanks
I think I would try to re-create the sound, give the cat a say in the matter, write it as a line of dialogue.
With the disclaimer that I've never carried my cat, Cornelius, in a bag, I can report that he starts out angry and hissing when I put him in his carrier to take him to the vets. When I drape a cloth over the front of it to block the light, he settles into more of a plaintive wail, not unlike I imagine an attenuated operatic baritonal aubade.
Cornelius says, "Wrowwwer, Wrow, Wuhwrowwer..."
Memphis Trace
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Re: Cat screaming.
Memphis Trace wrote:
d a reynolds wrote:Memphis Trace wrote:If you carry a cat by the tail, you learn things that cannot be learned any otner way.
Mark TwainI'll bet you could come up with the perfect onomatopoeic word if you educated yourself by Mark Twain's method.
Lol, had to dash to my dictionary for that one. Yes, maybe I could come up with a new word.
Thanks
I think I would try to re-create the sound, give the cat a say in the matter, write it as a line of dialogue.
With the disclaimer that I've never carried my cat, Cornelius, in a bag, I can report that he starts out angry and hissing when I put him in his carrier to take him to the vets. When I drape a cloth over the front of it to block the light, he settles into more of a plaintive wail, not unlike I imagine an attenuated operatic baritonal aubade.
Cornelius says, "Wrowwwer, Wrow, Wuhwrowwer..."
Memphis Trace
I've tried a few noises in my head and can't write down a feasible word. Maybe I'll stick with "screeched in terror."
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Re: Cat screaming.
Charles_F_Bell wrote:
Bevin Wallace wrote:Charles_F_Bell wrote:'Caterwauling' is the wrong choice because it a howling sound from a female cat in heat, and also it is likely a typical (moron) reader won't know that, and you've put another word out there (with the help of a moron publishing editor) that does not mean what it really means.
You're kind of a dick....
Which kind is that?
Kind with barbs on it?
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Re: Cat screaming.
Hi njc - Not sure if this helps with the "cat screaming", but if you haven't tried this site it might be a good resource: http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/
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Re: Cat screaming.
Not sure why you addressed the note to me; the question came from d a reynolds.
There are a couple of threads listing external references.
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Re: Cat screaming.
You could compare the sound to something the reader is familiar with like a train whistle or the screeching of a rusty screen door.
For example:
The night was as dark as the inside of a tomb.
Everyone knows that's pretty dark.
Just a thought.
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Re: Cat screaming.
dagnee wrote:
You could compare the sound to something the reader is familiar with like a train whistle or the screeching of a rusty screen door.
For example:The night was as dark as the inside of a tomb.
Everyone knows that's pretty dark.
Just a thought.
Thanks, I will put my thinking cap on.
