Like Mandarin, it may be that cat-speak is tonal. What sounds to an untrained ear like the same word could in fact be something entirely different. Even if your untrained ear is trained in another tonal language.
Cat says “Hi”, you think you’ve imitated perfectly but accidentally imply something crude about their mother. Or possibly a horse. Who can tell?
Like Mandarin, it may be that cat-speak is tonal. What sounds to an untrained ear like the same word could in fact be something entirely different. Even if your untrained ear is trained in another tonal language.
Cat says “Hi”, you think you’ve imitated perfectly but accidentally imply something crude about their mother. Or possibly a horse. Who can tell?
Cat: Hello.
Human: (go to) Hell, Low (born scum)