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[crazy canuck]

I'm writing a dialogue for a script, and I'm struggling a bit with the whole "it" being used for pets. I know that people use "he" or "she" for pets they have a close relationship with (name, etc...) But I have this crazy cat lady character and I wonder if she would use "she" or "he" when talking about the cats in the neighborhood to other people? What feels more natural?

You know what, it's not "official" but cats are often assumed to be female for some reason, and dogs to be male.  My wife will still sometimes call my male cat "she" or "her" from time to time.

I think that is right.  When I talk to people while walking our female dog they always refer to the dog as he. 

[garbon]

I'm writing a dialogue for a script, and I'm struggling a bit with the whole "it" being used for pets. I know that people use "he" or "she" for pets they have a close relationship with (name, etc...) But I have this crazy cat lady character and I wonder if she would use "she" or "he" when talking about the cats in the neighborhood to other people? What feels more natural?

You know what, it's not "official" but cats are often assumed to be female for some reason, and dogs to be male.  My wife will still sometimes call my male cat "she" or "her" from time to time.

I think that is right.  When I talk to people while walking our female dog they always refer to the dog as he. 

Yep, I concur.

[mongers]

I'm writing a dialogue for a script, and I'm struggling a bit with the whole "it" being used for pets. I know that people use "he" or "she" for pets they have a close relationship with (name, etc...) But I have this crazy cat lady character and I wonder if she would use "she" or "he" when talking about the cats in the neighborhood to other people? What feels more natural?

I intentionally refer to dogs I don't like or aren't that familiar with as "it". 
So that might be something your cat lady gets upset about, people not being willing to go along with here anthropomorphism etc.

[Syt]

[Josquius]

I'm writing a dialogue for a script, and I'm struggling a bit with the whole "it" being used for pets. I know that people use "he" or "she" for pets they have a close relationship with (name, etc...) But I have this crazy cat lady character and I wonder if she would use "she" or "he" when talking about the cats in the neighborhood to other people? What feels more natural?

You know what, it's not "official" but cats are often assumed to be female for some reason, and dogs to be male.  My wife will still sometimes call my male cat "she" or "her" from time to time.

I think that is right.  When I talk to people while walking our female dog they always refer to the dog as he. 

I hope you correct them

Though yes. True.
My teacher GF recently sent me some messages recieved from a parent about a dog actually eating a kids homework. I couldn't but say of the 4 dogs in the picture, the black one was lovely but he looked guilty as fuck

[Eddie Teach]

My grandma keeps referring to my female cats as "he".

[mongers]

Last night I had a dream involving riding a three wheel bike, don't ever recall dreaming about that before. 


On my way home this evening I popped into the local bike shop, as I walked into the shop, by the door was an adult's tricycle, he'd just bought it at auction.   



Probably not one in 500 adults bikes is a tricycle, typically those are custom built to order.

[Eddie Teach]

You ordered the trike in your sleep.

[Valmy]

Why even raise them at all then? Just leave them by the side of the road and go home and pray. Jesus will protect them.

[mongers]

An unfolding tragedy here in Southern England today, the huge automated Ocado warehouse in Hampshire burnt down overnight.

So 10,000s of upper-middle class people are now bereft of their on-line shopping. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-47151773

[Richard Hakluyt]

They will have to go to Lidl 

[Razgovory]

I'm writing a dialogue for a script, and I'm struggling a bit with the whole "it" being used for pets. I know that people use "he" or "she" for pets they have a close relationship with (name, etc...) But I have this crazy cat lady character and I wonder if she would use "she" or "he" when talking about the cats in the neighborhood to other people? What feels more natural?

Crazy cat lady? Up the crazy. Make sure her cats all have ridiculous names, and that she insists to always refer to them with full names, no pronouns. Problem solved.

See T.S. Eliot for ridiculous cat names.

[Tamas]

They will have to go to Lidl 

Lidl has very nice stuff

[mongers]

They will have to go to Lidl 

Lidl has very nice stuff

Lidl doesn't do deliveries, part of it is they want the Ocado van delivery to be seen by neighbours. 


Apparently the company share price dropped 6% as a result.

[Tamas]

Ah I see.