How People Call Cats In Different Countries
If you've ever tried to call a cat somewhere in a foreign country, I'm sure you've noticed that they don't always react. Why? Because apparently international cats react to different sounds.
In England, they say "chh-chh-chh". In Israel, they say "ps-ps-ps". As for India, they say "meow-meow". Each country gets a cat's attention with different noises, and these were just a couple examples! Keep on scrolling for a list of how to call cats in a bunch of different countries, compiled by Bored Panda.
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Pisicuta, pis, pis ,pis te-am vazut aseara in vis... It means "Kitten,pis pis pis, I've seen you last night in my dream". This is a traditional song
Sa nu fim rai @Ples Alin, se mai intampla sa si gresim :) nici eu nu stiu foarte bine engleza
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It's quite the same here in the Philippines. We sound it here as "pss pss pss". I dunno if that's how Romanians say it though. :)
We also call them "pisu" or how I'm used to call them "tzi-tzu".
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American here. Guess my parents adopted me from Romania, too! :)
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I don't know about you guys...but form where I'm at I call the cat like: "țiț, țițuș"....
"Țițuş" = kitten...if you're hungarian, Laurențiu
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:)) I`m from Romania . Does this cat have bat wings because Dracula`s Caste :)) ???
And endlessly amusing to me always because one term for breasts is pronounced "Tsitsi" so it's as though you're calling out for your runaway pair of boobs.
As an American... this is true, I hear this all the time...usually by people who have no business near a cat.
I always called a cat "kss-kss-kss" and I am from Latvia. "Minka-minka" is an old school nowadays used by old people or in a country side.
These are all lovely pictures and it's been quite interesting to find out all these different ways of doing the same thing! Beautiful creatures! >^..^<
This looks like the cat from this commercial, especially at the end https://youtu.be/Qe88s3tpH0A
If you didn't try to say all of these, you're lying... XD
In Serbia we call them by saying Mac-mac-mac (said with a c that sounds like a German tz for example)
I was telling that to my husband! Im now in USA and any cat pay me attention when a said michi- michi -michi like in Ar gentine
notice that all of them (almost) come in three short words. Apparently cats universally respond to repeating, short sounds.
And in Viet Nam: Miu...miu..
Didn't know I was romanian. Thought I was swedish xD
I called "Pss-pss-pss' out my back door last night, like I usually do, and got both of my cats and a third one trotting up to the door... ;-)
Everybody knows you use a can opener.
You should add Indonesia.. We called it.. Umm.. I don't know how other people called their cat
Meng-meng-meng.
I just do the thing where you put the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth and suck back making the tsk tsk sound. I do that for everything though. I call people over like that too..
Also as I was imitating the sounds from the world my cats kept looking at me hahaha
Here is one: Canada - we don't call the cat because it will not come anyway. (Come on we all knew that one0
I really liked this. So educational. And meltdown cute kitties!
Sweden: kss-kss-kss
Finland: Kiss Kiss Kiss (but not like kiss you know, um ye... like how you write how you read. <-- Finland is always like that : D)
Hungary: cicc-cicc-cicc [ tsɪtsts ]
It’s Pish-pish-pish in Iran as well. Turkish cats in Istanbul respond to pish-pish-pish too. But North American cats don’t even turn their heads no matter how hard you try and say it.
lots of false information...
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In Philippines, we call them "Ming-Ming-Ming" 😊😁
Photo at 12 is taken in Turkey not in Russia. And that cats name isTombik
we call them ''minu minu minu''. Manipur,India
Iran : Pishi Pishi
In Philippines, ming-ming-ming :D
Morocco: psh psh psh psh
Philippines: "Ming-Ming"
Venezuela: Misu - Misu - Misu
I am Hungarian. When I was a child I used to think they will react to these but now I realised that my cats only respond when they see food.
In the Philippines we call cats "ming ming" shortcut if muning.
In Chile we call them "cuchito-cuchito-cuchito"
Chile: cuchito-cuchito-cuchito
In Chile we say "cuchito-cuchito" really fast
In iraq (Bis Bis Bis)
All the kitties are just too gorgeous! Wish I could have all of them... :)
In Venezuela Michu Michu
Slovakia we call c-csss :-D
In Spain is: mini mini mini
Slovakia: Naa tsi tsi tsi
Where's Switzerland (the country where cheese grows on the mountains :P )??? In the Swiss German part, we call them "Büsi-Büsi-Büsi".
i knew this was why cats ignored me when i'm in other countries!
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say but I'm sure there are differences.
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say though.
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sorry.....three comments michi-mich...ed9fdf.jpg
Argentinian...mish - mish - mish ó michi - michi - michi
four comments......you can not delete XD
in one part of the Philippines, we call cats by saying "ming-ming-ming" as cats are usually called miming (pronounced as mee-ming, more or less kitty in english)
Not kitschi... Kici kici ... XD
In Iran we call them by saying: pisht
In Croatian it's Mic-mic-mic :) haha this is so interesting :D
the italy one is wrong
Yes
Brasil: Xaninho Xaninho pish pish pish
If you didn't try to say all of these, you're lying... XD
In Serbia we call them by saying Mac-mac-mac (said with a c that sounds like a German tz for example)
I was telling that to my husband! Im now in USA and any cat pay me attention when a said michi- michi -michi like in Ar gentine
notice that all of them (almost) come in three short words. Apparently cats universally respond to repeating, short sounds.
And in Viet Nam: Miu...miu..
Didn't know I was romanian. Thought I was swedish xD
I called "Pss-pss-pss' out my back door last night, like I usually do, and got both of my cats and a third one trotting up to the door... ;-)
Everybody knows you use a can opener.
You should add Indonesia.. We called it.. Umm.. I don't know how other people called their cat
Meng-meng-meng.
I just do the thing where you put the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth and suck back making the tsk tsk sound. I do that for everything though. I call people over like that too..
Also as I was imitating the sounds from the world my cats kept looking at me hahaha
Here is one: Canada - we don't call the cat because it will not come anyway. (Come on we all knew that one0
I really liked this. So educational. And meltdown cute kitties!
Sweden: kss-kss-kss
Finland: Kiss Kiss Kiss (but not like kiss you know, um ye... like how you write how you read. <-- Finland is always like that : D)
Hungary: cicc-cicc-cicc [ tsɪtsts ]
It’s Pish-pish-pish in Iran as well. Turkish cats in Istanbul respond to pish-pish-pish too. But North American cats don’t even turn their heads no matter how hard you try and say it.
lots of false information...
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In Philippines, we call them "Ming-Ming-Ming" 😊😁
Photo at 12 is taken in Turkey not in Russia. And that cats name isTombik
we call them ''minu minu minu''. Manipur,India
Iran : Pishi Pishi
In Philippines, ming-ming-ming :D
Morocco: psh psh psh psh
Philippines: "Ming-Ming"
Venezuela: Misu - Misu - Misu
I am Hungarian. When I was a child I used to think they will react to these but now I realised that my cats only respond when they see food.
In the Philippines we call cats "ming ming" shortcut if muning.
In Chile we call them "cuchito-cuchito-cuchito"
Chile: cuchito-cuchito-cuchito
In Chile we say "cuchito-cuchito" really fast
In iraq (Bis Bis Bis)
All the kitties are just too gorgeous! Wish I could have all of them... :)
In Venezuela Michu Michu
Slovakia we call c-csss :-D
In Spain is: mini mini mini
Slovakia: Naa tsi tsi tsi
Where's Switzerland (the country where cheese grows on the mountains :P )??? In the Swiss German part, we call them "Büsi-Büsi-Büsi".
i knew this was why cats ignored me when i'm in other countries!
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say but I'm sure there are differences.
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say though.
in Argentinian mish-mish-...6584d1.jpg
in Argentinian 13903216_1...a51e5a.jpg
sorry.....three comments michi-mich...ed9fdf.jpg
Argentinian...mish - mish - mish ó michi - michi - michi
four comments......you can not delete XD
in one part of the Philippines, we call cats by saying "ming-ming-ming" as cats are usually called miming (pronounced as mee-ming, more or less kitty in english)
Not kitschi... Kici kici ... XD
In Iran we call them by saying: pisht
In Croatian it's Mic-mic-mic :) haha this is so interesting :D
the italy one is wrong
Yes
Brasil: Xaninho Xaninho pish pish pish