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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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Lucyna Herman 8 years ago
In my region we also use ci ci/tsi tsi instead of the above. But only to unknown cats. My cat usually reacts to "are you hungry?'"
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André Tóth 8 years ago
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.
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Amanda Panda 8 years ago
As an American... this is true, I hear this all the time...usually by people who have no business near a cat.
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Liga Karklina 8 years ago
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.
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Jennifer North Fitzgibbons 8 years ago
Face off! I don't know which side to look at. They are both perfectly beautiful! Would you have two names for this kitty?
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Dawn Frank 8 years ago
This looks like the cat from this commercial, especially at the end https://youtu.be/Qe88s3tpH0A
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Bambi Bambszi 8 years ago
In Serbia we call them by saying Mac-mac-mac (said with a c that sounds like a German tz for example)
Zulma Ruiz 8 years ago
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
Cherry Warr 8 years ago
notice that all of them (almost) come in three short words. Apparently cats universally respond to repeating, short sounds.
M Mitchell Marmel 8 years ago
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... ;-)
Andry Surya 8 years ago
You should add Indonesia.. We called it.. Umm.. I don't know how other people called their cat
Ciera Claire 8 years ago
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..
Camila Campos Fuentes 8 years ago
Also as I was imitating the sounds from the world my cats kept looking at me hahaha
Weed in the Garden 2 years ago
This would be a fun re-post to guess the cats citizenship. The French cat was hilarious!
Hadi Jafari 4 years ago
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.
Ali Kurtoğlu 7 years ago
Photo at 12 is taken in Turkey not in Russia. And that cats name isTombik
TheCat Anne 8 years ago
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.
Shruti Naik 8 years ago
All the kitties are just too gorgeous! Wish I could have all of them... :)
Bree Lebran 8 years ago
Where's Switzerland (the country where cheese grows on the mountains :P )??? In the Swiss German part, we call them "Büsi-Büsi-Büsi".
maryhadalittlelamb 8 years ago
i knew this was why cats ignored me when i'm in other countries!
Michelle Sia 8 years ago
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say but I'm sure there are differences.
Michelle Sia 8 years ago
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say though.
Bambi Bambszi 8 years ago
In Serbia we call them by saying Mac-mac-mac (said with a c that sounds like a German tz for example)
Zulma Ruiz 8 years ago
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
Cherry Warr 8 years ago
notice that all of them (almost) come in three short words. Apparently cats universally respond to repeating, short sounds.
M Mitchell Marmel 8 years ago
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... ;-)
Andry Surya 8 years ago
You should add Indonesia.. We called it.. Umm.. I don't know how other people called their cat
Ciera Claire 8 years ago
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..
Camila Campos Fuentes 8 years ago
Also as I was imitating the sounds from the world my cats kept looking at me hahaha
Weed in the Garden 2 years ago
This would be a fun re-post to guess the cats citizenship. The French cat was hilarious!
Hadi Jafari 4 years ago
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.
Ali Kurtoğlu 7 years ago
Photo at 12 is taken in Turkey not in Russia. And that cats name isTombik
TheCat Anne 8 years ago
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.
Shruti Naik 8 years ago
All the kitties are just too gorgeous! Wish I could have all of them... :)
Bree Lebran 8 years ago
Where's Switzerland (the country where cheese grows on the mountains :P )??? In the Swiss German part, we call them "Büsi-Büsi-Büsi".
maryhadalittlelamb 8 years ago
i knew this was why cats ignored me when i'm in other countries!
Michelle Sia 8 years ago
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say but I'm sure there are differences.
Michelle Sia 8 years ago
In Filipino Cebuano we say "Ming ming ming." I don't know what the other dialects say though.
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