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To ask what sort of voices your pets have when they speak

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kitnkaboodle · 30/06/2017 23:42

...shamelessly ripping this off from a thread the other week that started off on something else and then turned, in the middle of the night, into people saying how they voice their pets. Had me crying with laughter and need more!
Our dog speaks in a sort of faux-posh voice, like hyacinth bouquet. She would definitely say 'naice'. She also lisps and pronounces -y at the end of words like 'eh' - so 'mummeh' and 'hungreh' etc. God knows why! She's 12 so the origins of all this are lotht n the mithth of taime, as she'd say ...Blush

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NonStopNeuroticCabaret · 01/07/2017 20:49

My cat mainly shouts HUMAAAAAAAN in a French accent.

ohtheholidays · 01/07/2017 21:10

Our 8 year old terrier is a proper Mother Hen not only with our other 2 Dogs(she's Mummy and they're her big boy and little girl)but also with our 5DC and 2 Rabbits(she's very protective of them all)she sounds like a very old little lady.

She does actually say a couple of words No and Mine she sounds really mean and feisty when she says it,she says Mine(she sounds like a female Gremlin)if our Jackhuahua(who is 4) steals her toy or dog treat(which she trys to do alot)and No if any of the DC are play fighting,she shouts that word out.

Our Greyhound(he's 7)he sounds like Scooby Doo(he's another crazy dog that does say some real words,when he says Hello he sounds just lke scooby Doo (Herro)and when he wants me he moans,Oh My Muuuummm.
I swear I blame our 5DC for that last one.

The Jackhuahua is 4 and the oldest DC DS21 and DS19 always talk for her in a Mexican voice(the sods)but to be fair every time they do it she gets really over excited and starts dancing round the room.

Idrinkandiknowstuff · 01/07/2017 21:23

We had to have our old German shepherd put down three weeks ago. God, I miss him saying "bye mummy" in his gruff Australian accent every morning when I go to work.

JuniperSling · 01/07/2017 21:24

My Vizsla sounds just like Zsa Zsa Gabor. It's uncanny.

JuniperSling · 01/07/2017 21:25

Sorry about your boy IdrinkandIknowstuff Sad

paddypants13 · 01/07/2017 21:33

Idrink - Sorry to hear about your boy. Flowers

HelgaHufflepuff76 · 01/07/2017 21:38

My dog sounds sort of like Bernard Bresslaw from the Carry On films, but a bit younger and a bit stupider.
He is very pleasant and cordial most of the time, but when he sees a squirrel or bird outside he's all "GET OUT OF MY FUCKING GARDEN YOU FUCKING FUCKS!!!".

Idrinkandiknowstuff · 01/07/2017 21:49

Thank you paddy and juniper

susurration · 01/07/2017 22:07

Suscat is a very whiney teenager sort, always shouting that we 'Just dont UNDERSTAND!' or we're 'RUINING [HER] LIFE' or she wants something 'muuuuuuuuuuum'. She spends much of her day in bed and she grumbles at you when you try to make her move or do something she doesn't want to do. She does an excellent 'but muuuuum' and also when something scares her she sounds like a tiny ghost as she runs away. Its excellent.

KeepFuckingGoing · 01/07/2017 23:14

Springer spaniel - he has a gormless, constantly surprised voice. I love him so much but he is oh so very gormless. Grin

BoysofMelody · 02/07/2017 00:27

I was talking with my wife about the cat's 'voice' and she's adamant that the cat has Miss Jean Brodie's voice. We do live in Edinburgh, but it is almost like we have a different pet!

Persemillion · 02/07/2017 01:23

My male lab has a strong Canadian accent with a bit of Scottish.

The cocker talks like Kenneth Branagh.

It's a joy to behold both "talking" together.

LilyMcClellan · 02/07/2017 01:30

Two small dogs. Girl dog sounds like Dame Judi Dench. Boy dog sounds like Eeyore.

Nancy91 · 02/07/2017 01:36

My little JRT girl has a half cute half demented raspy voice that repeats words from this list:

MEAT
WALKIES
MEAT
CHICKIN
LICKIN
MEAT
MUMMY
MEAT
MEAT

Vereesa · 02/07/2017 01:48

We had 2 greyhounds growing up (don't want to have any pets now), and I've always believed that if they could speak they'd sound like Gandalf from Lord of the Rings!

TheCatOfAthenry · 02/07/2017 02:22

Every pet I have ever had has had the same accent, which actually came before I was ever born and was originally my Dad's dog's accent.

It basically involves talking with their tongues stuck to their hard palates.

Pitch and emphasis may vary from creature to creature.

Apparently vehicles can also talk like this. Lorries have very deep voices. My Dad is fantastic.

allfurcoatnoknickers · 02/07/2017 02:51

GirlDog is basically hyacinth bucket - she lives in the lap of luxury now and therefore speaks in a posh English accent (like me Grin, she's a mummy's girl) HOWEVER, when she gets pissed off she lapses back into a broad New York accent, betraying the fact that she was dragged up in a rough part of Brooklyn before finding her way to the dog rescue.

BoyDog was a street urchin, so sounds like an American Oliver Twist.

QueenofLouisiana · 02/07/2017 04:42

Our guineas are gorgeous, but dim. Therefore they say things like "We is hungry guineas!". They can, however, tell the time and start shouting for breakfast if it hasn't arrived by 7am.

SweetIcedTea · 02/07/2017 08:08

The cat (although a rescue moggie from the RSPCA) is very posh, if you pick her up she says "unhand me madam" or "how dare you madam". If the dog is naughty he gets a clip around the ear or she comes to fetch us so we catch him, she's a snitch.

The dog is dim but beautiful and mainly says "mine" he's head of household security (there's an ongoing power struggle) but insists the cat takes a turn on guard duty, whoever is on duty is looking out the front window when we come home. They adore each other and are frequently caught napping together.

LidlAngel · 02/07/2017 08:22

My big old Tom cat sounds like Danny Dyer. He does. Honest.

ThatsNotMyMarmot · 02/07/2017 09:47

My mong would sound like Siadwell the teenage poet. "Av you got any fruit Mam? I loves fruit, me."

I often do his voice for him when he is looking lovingly at the fruit bowl. That dog just loves fruit.

The Shih Tzu sounds Scottish. " I'm naie goin oot thea. It's shetty croappy. I'll jus hae a wee pish on the mat."

EssentialHummus · 02/07/2017 10:16

I'm wearing DH down about getting a dog at the moment, and I've noticed that I default to broad East End for our hypothetical Rottie: "Oi, mate, that sausage there - you 'aving that? Lovely jubbly."

This hasn't had the desired effect on my class-conscious Russian DH.

CoolCarrie · 02/07/2017 11:37

Our male wolfhound sounds like Liam Neeson,and our female sounds like Fenella Fielding from Carry On Screaming, sexy and posh. The boy is her bit of rough! Our rescue girl is like Jo Brand! Our cat sounds like David Bowie

GriefLeavesItsMark · 02/07/2017 12:34

Griefcat has a gruff mockney voice, is very sweary and grumpy. He also often texts my dh to tell him he is a 'fat idiot'

Papergirl1968 · 02/07/2017 13:20

Dcat has the voice of a little boy, who goes to school and loves Thomas the Tank Engine. He shouts choo choo when he sees a train. He also sings, sometimes bursting into xmas songs in the middle of summer, but getting the words slightly wrong and lisping - Woodolf the wed nosed weindeer, has very shiny toes...
He tells the dds all about his day at school, drives us all in his Thomas the Tank Engine car, hisses when we pass dogs and comments on their silly ugly faces, and answers the phone, saying, " ewow, 'ow may I 'elp you?"
Yes, I'm well aware I sound completely mad but it entertains me and the dd!