No Onomatopoeia Possible

[plumtreeblossom]

A Siamese cat's vocalization can't aptly be called a "meow." I have described it as a combination of a human baby and a rusty door hinge, or alternately, "the sound you'd get if you made a talking human baby doll out of metal and let it rust." I'll add another one: infant ogre.

I came across this video on siamesecats. I miss my dear Rowley Menace. Even BenBen's ears pricked up and he came over when I played it. I hope vanguardcdk didn't think it was the squirrels.

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[scholargipsy.livejournal.com]

This sound scared the shit out of Millie, the more fearless of our two cats.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

That was the sound I woke up to almost every morning when he was with us. :-)

He liked to wedge himself between a sleeping Jay and me, and he would announce it vocally, making sure we were awake to adjust our body positions to accommodate him.