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[-] pfuiting@feddit.org 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"him's" ... As a non native English speaker. Does this exist?

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

No, it's not grammatically correct, it's just cutesy online cat speak.

[-] Shortstack@reddthat.com 14 points 3 months ago

Folks also like to speak in a cutesy but deliberately incorrect way when it comes to cats or dogs.

So yeah, chalk this one up as another 'smol', 'angy' or 'feetsies'

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 5 points 3 months ago

Oh, that what this 'smol' was for... I was wondering why it was sometimes swaped for 'small' on social media

[-] starik@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago

Cats’ language proficiency usually doesn’t develop past the level of a typical human toddler. There are exceptions, like Garfield, but most will mispronounce many words and often use incorrect grammar.

[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Not formally, no. But people regularly say things like “my friend and I’s…” so the future is uncertain.

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