Meow Factor
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Furensic Linguist | Independent Researcher | ๐โโฌ Writing about Cat-inspired Language | ๐พ Author of "Purrieties of Language" ๐ PhD in Dialectology | en de it fr ru
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https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org
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https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org
With our mobile phones, PCs, tablets, laptops, and whatnots, we all use technology to talk about our cats and to share cat images with people from around the world. Our gadgets together with the platforms we are on shape the way we communicate
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TechCat
How technology shapes our communication
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December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
With our mobile phones, PCs, tablets, laptops, and whatnots, we all use technology to talk about our cats and to share cat images with people from around the world. Our gadgets together with the platforms we are on shape the way we communicate
open.substack.com/pub/purrspec... #cats ๐งช
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A neologist is a lexicographer of new words and expressions.
I am a meowlogist: a lexicographer of new cat-inspired words and expurressions.
I am a meowlogist: a lexicographer of new cat-inspired words and expurressions.
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A neologist is a lexicographer of new words and expressions.
I am a meowlogist: a lexicographer of new cat-inspired words and expurressions.
I am a meowlogist: a lexicographer of new cat-inspired words and expurressions.
"Very entertaining and informative book that covers everything you'd want to know about cats online! I especially liked the sections on the jargon used in cat communities. Must read for any cat lover!" (Review on Amazon)
๐งช #cats #caturday
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๐งช #cats #caturday
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November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Very entertaining and informative book that covers everything you'd want to know about cats online! I especially liked the sections on the jargon used in cat communities. Must read for any cat lover!" (Review on Amazon)
๐งช #cats #caturday
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๐งช #cats #caturday
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Whenever cats are looking at us, they are judging us. Just like the cats, we, too, judge other people because we want to know who they are in relation to us. Thatโs psychology. When we form our judgements on the basis of language, thatโs sociolinguistics.ย meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7095 ๐งช
Judgement Day
Why we know youโre a cat person the moment you say โhoomanโ or โcattitude.โ We cat owners know that cats are judgmental. Whenever cats are looking at us, they are judging us, and I donโt think that th...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Whenever cats are looking at us, they are judging us. Just like the cats, we, too, judge other people because we want to know who they are in relation to us. Thatโs psychology. When we form our judgements on the basis of language, thatโs sociolinguistics.ย meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7095 ๐งช
Purrieties exist because people talk differently as their cats depending on the cat community and on the social media platform. Whether itโs Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter, differences are out there waiting to be discovered and described.
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7055
#linguistics ๐งช
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7055
#linguistics ๐งช
Purrieties of Language
Itโs all about cat-inspired language varieties Purrieties exist because people talk differently as their cats depending on the cat community they are in and on the social media platform they are on. W...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Purrieties exist because people talk differently as their cats depending on the cat community and on the social media platform. Whether itโs Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter, differences are out there waiting to be discovered and described.
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7055
#linguistics ๐งช
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7055
#linguistics ๐งช
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September 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Iโm a Dialectologist. Get Meowt There!
A dialectological look at how we talk about cats online Get meowt there! Out there is the digital realm of cat-related spaces where I am following cats and their humans, where I see lots of cat photos...
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September 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
An old newspaper adage says โIf it bleeds, it leadsโ. While that may be true for many news stories out there, it does not apply to cats in the news. Mostly cat news are feel-good stories making you happy.
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#cats #news
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#cats #news
Cats in the News โ Cat Mews
An old newspaper adage says โIf it bleeds, it leadsโ. While that may be true for many news stories out there, it does not apply to cats in the news. Mostly cat news are feel-good stories making you ha...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
An old newspaper adage says โIf it bleeds, it leadsโ. While that may be true for many news stories out there, it does not apply to cats in the news. Mostly cat news are feel-good stories making you happy.
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7011
#cats #news
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/7011
#cats #news
#InternationalCatDay #Weltkatzentag
For a cat owner, every day is Cat Day. For the media, Cat Day is once a year on 08 August. Or is it?
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For a cat owner, every day is Cat Day. For the media, Cat Day is once a year on 08 August. Or is it?
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International Cat Day
For a cat owner, every day is Cat Day. For the media, Cat Day is once a year on 08 August. Or is it? There are various dates for world cat day, for international cat day, for national cat...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#InternationalCatDay #Weltkatzentag
For a cat owner, every day is Cat Day. For the media, Cat Day is once a year on 08 August. Or is it?
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/6906
For a cat owner, every day is Cat Day. For the media, Cat Day is once a year on 08 August. Or is it?
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/6906
Time to prepare for 08 August - International Cat Day. Be in the know and read my book โก๏ธ www.cambridge.org/at/universit...
Purrieties of Language | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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August 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Time to prepare for 08 August - International Cat Day. Be in the know and read my book โก๏ธ www.cambridge.org/at/universit...
cool research ๐ป
August 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
cool research ๐ป
That's interesting. Perhaps it's therefore in their memory/DNA to look for shapes and boxes.
Do you remember the channel the show was on?
Do you remember the channel the show was on?
July 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
That's interesting. Perhaps it's therefore in their memory/DNA to look for shapes and boxes.
Do you remember the channel the show was on?
Do you remember the channel the show was on?
On my quest to discover research on why cats love cardboard boxes so much, I have come across a research article that looks at how visual illusions affect cats. Cats can perceive shapes even if they are just illusions. ๐งช
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If I fits I sits: A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus)
A well-known phenomenon to cat owners is the tendency of their cats to sit in enclosed spaces such as boxes, laundry baskets, and even shape outlines โฆ
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July 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On my quest to discover research on why cats love cardboard boxes so much, I have come across a research article that looks at how visual illusions affect cats. Cats can perceive shapes even if they are just illusions. ๐งช
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
That is pawsome ๐ป
July 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
That is pawsome ๐ป
Letโs apply some PR (purring relations) to the Meow Factor and come up with catchy slogans to bring the essence of the blog to you, its readers, and to attract new people to linguistics with cats
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/6708
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/6708
The Meow Factor in One Line
Letโs apply some PR (purring relations) to the Meow Factor and come up with catchy slogans to bring the essence of the blog to you, its readers, and to attract new people to linguistics with cats. The...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Letโs apply some PR (purring relations) to the Meow Factor and come up with catchy slogans to bring the essence of the blog to you, its readers, and to attract new people to linguistics with cats
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/6708
meowfactor.hypotheses.org/6708
Many people have an online account for their cats. I noticed that people pretended to be their cats. As cats, they used their own kind of language with their own words and spellings. As a dialectologist, I went โyes!โ straight away.
#GuestNewsletter ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐งช
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#GuestNewsletter ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐งช
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Weekly newsletter - The magic of words: Special Guest
The Meow-ning of Words: When Linguistics Gets Fur-Midable!
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July 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Many people have an online account for their cats. I noticed that people pretended to be their cats. As cats, they used their own kind of language with their own words and spellings. As a dialectologist, I went โyes!โ straight away.
#GuestNewsletter ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐งช
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#GuestNewsletter ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐งช
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I could not have said it better ๐ป
Come for the purr, stay for the โCatnipulation.โ
Linguistics with Cats: focusing the cat lense on language ๐งช
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June 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I could not have said it better ๐ป
That could be my new slogan ๐ป
June 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
That could be my new slogan ๐ป
Linguistics about and for cats ๐ฆ๐ฆ
@meow-factor.bsky.social Josie hasnโt read your book yet but thinks itโs very comfortable ๐บ
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Linguistics about and for cats ๐ฆ๐ฆ
Aaaw โค๏ธ That is exactly why I wrote the book. I am glad that she finds it comfortable
June 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Aaaw โค๏ธ That is exactly why I wrote the book. I am glad that she finds it comfortable
Linguistics with Cats: focusing the cat lense on language ๐งช
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Linguistics with Cats
Study language with the help of cats ๐โโฌ
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June 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Linguistics with Cats: focusing the cat lense on language ๐งช
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There are cats in LOTR ๐โโฌ๐ธ๐ป: the fiddling cat in a song, a cat in Bree, cats jumping on poor mice (Sam pouncing on Gollum), cats of Queen Beruthiel (I still need to check out Queen Beruthielโs cats). So we have cats in their roles as entertainers and hunters.
am reading LOTR now
am reading LOTR now
June 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
There are cats in LOTR ๐โโฌ๐ธ๐ป: the fiddling cat in a song, a cat in Bree, cats jumping on poor mice (Sam pouncing on Gollum), cats of Queen Beruthiel (I still need to check out Queen Beruthielโs cats). So we have cats in their roles as entertainers and hunters.
am reading LOTR now
am reading LOTR now
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Purrspectives in Language | Meow Factor | Substack
Purrspectives in Language brings you linguistics with cats โ
๐ป purrfect for you if you love language and cats and want to discover linguistics with a pawsome feline flair ๐โโฌ. Click to read Purrspect...
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