Rough (Ruff?) Glossary
Sept 29, 2013 13:09:08 GMT -6
Post by Granite on Sept 29, 2013 13:09:08 GMT -6
Glossary
Dogs are closer in many way to humans than cats are, and may therefore understand more about human language and how humans think. Still, dogs will not use human terms for everything, and feral dogs may use even fewer human terms than city dogs. The following words and phrases may be used by various dogs on this board, and some may be familiar to those who also read Warriors.
Human - longpaw, upwalker, twoleg, people, person, housefolk, tallwalker
Cars, vehicles - loudcage, rollbox, growler, road beast
Cat - sharpclaw, or simply 'cat'
Animal shelter, pound - cage house, trap house
Earthquake - Big Growl
Room - any large, enclosed and usually artificial (man-made) space bigger than a cage; this will usually be a compound word, the first half describing the sort of room, such as coldroom, cageroom, foodroom, etc. May also be used by city dogs to describe caves if the dogs have never seen a cave before.
Descriptive titles:
Strays - Lone Dog, City Dog, Street Dog
Pets - House Dog, Leashed Dog, Lap Dog
Ferals - Feral Dog, Wild Dog, Pack Dog
Dogs are closer in many way to humans than cats are, and may therefore understand more about human language and how humans think. Still, dogs will not use human terms for everything, and feral dogs may use even fewer human terms than city dogs. The following words and phrases may be used by various dogs on this board, and some may be familiar to those who also read Warriors.
Human - longpaw, upwalker, twoleg, people, person, housefolk, tallwalker
Cars, vehicles - loudcage, rollbox, growler, road beast
Cat - sharpclaw, or simply 'cat'
Animal shelter, pound - cage house, trap house
Earthquake - Big Growl
Room - any large, enclosed and usually artificial (man-made) space bigger than a cage; this will usually be a compound word, the first half describing the sort of room, such as coldroom, cageroom, foodroom, etc. May also be used by city dogs to describe caves if the dogs have never seen a cave before.
Descriptive titles:
Strays - Lone Dog, City Dog, Street Dog
Pets - House Dog, Leashed Dog, Lap Dog
Ferals - Feral Dog, Wild Dog, Pack Dog
