Has
anyone ever heard this? I always thought it was only something that Garfield
did, and maybe Thomas O’Malley from the Aristocrats. You know, to woo the lady
cats and what not.
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| Copyright Jim Davis I assume. Source: http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1210 |
How
wrong I was. At some ungodly hour this morning I heard this awful...
caterwauling is really the only word to describe it. Because it sounds like
that: CaterWAUL. CAterWAUL. CATERWAUL. !!! I wonder if that’s an unintentional
onomatopoeia? In any case, it was TERRIBLE. There were two caterwaulers and
they went on for what felt like ever. And just when I was ready to get up and
throw a slipper at them they fought and went away. I like to think that they
were wooing some lady cats with serenades or maybe some stand up comedy. And
then came to word-blows to fight for the lady cat’s honour, or when one the
punch line was just a tad too offensive. Too soon man, too soon. I also like to
think I’ll never have to listen to that ever again.
At the same time, what a great word that even in my sleep-adled state I instantly recognised that what was, in fact, happening outside my window for the
very first time, was caterwauling. Go English language!
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