Raining Cats and Dogs

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Are you a cat or dog person

I am a cat person!
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57%
I am a dog person!
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33%
I am allergic.
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Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby rdearman » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:35 pm

Someone posted something about their cat recently. It made me wonder if there are more "cat people" or "dog people" as language learners. So I've set up this very (un)scientific survey to determine the answer.
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby luke » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:29 pm

I'm guessing Carmody is a dog person.

And Chove is a cat.
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby Walinator » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:23 pm

Is it not possible to be both?
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby Le Baron » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:31 pm

I'm actually a dog person, but for the last 18 years I've had cats. I have a cat now. It's just a practical matter because I can't always be at home to walk a dog and I wouldn't want a dog to be trapped indoors. I like both though.
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby David27 » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:57 pm

Like dogs more and have a dog, but I like cats too.
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby Steve » Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:38 am

Guess. :D He was about 3 months old here. Cats are okay, but I like big dogs much more.

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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby chove » Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:58 am

luke wrote:I'm guessing Carmody is a dog person.

And Chove is a cat.


I voted for dogs, but mostly I am a rat person :lol:
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby Dragon27 » Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:47 am

I never considered myself a specific animal person (never seen any value in this kind of strict categorizing), but seeing all these dog people I've decided to put one in for cats. Besides, I do like cats.
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby Lisa » Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:15 am

couldn't resist chance to post dog pic :-)
Was a cat person (incidentally while I was traveling, until I became entirely unmoored and the cat left me) who achieved dog-personhood when I got my first dog (and was settled down)
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Re: Raining Cats and Dogs

Postby Gordafarin2 » Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:48 am

I like both, but as my picture shows, I love cats most of all :D
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