2015-05-05 Communication: pets

Greg Malivuk
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p. 88 reading
Do you think different types of pets correspond with different personalities of owners?

feejee mermaid - 19th century hoax made to look like a human-fish hybrid
mantis shrimp - animal with 16 types of cell for color vision (humans have 3)
hold a grudge: remain angry at someone for a long time because of something they did to you
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p. 90 part 4a with a partner
1 a puppy
  b kitten
  c foal (baby), colt (m) / filly (f)
  d calf (the meat from a calf is veal)
2 a birds, snakes, rats, wasps, hornets
  b bees
  c horses
  d dogs
  e fish, reptiles, insects and spiders
  f rabbits, birds
3 a mice
  b dogs
  c horses
  d cats (“meow”)
  e tigers, lions
  f pig

http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html - the words for animal sounds in different languages (also the sounds people make to call their pets, and typical names for different animals)
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https://books.google.com/ngrams - look at the frequency over time of different words and expressions
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Homework: p. 166 (all) - animal vocabulary