Simply ‘Meow’
February 27th, 2006 -- Posted in rants | 5 Comments »A conversation went like this during dinner last night:
“How do you call me, Honey kaa?” Sunsun asked when I was chewing on my beef.
“Mmmfemffmnn?” and I added a choking sound with my throat. She kept quiet. After I was done with that mouthful of beef, she asked again.
“How do you call me, Honey kaa?”
“I use my mouth… same way I chew my food.”
“No… I mean what do you call when you call me?”
“Err… is this a trick question? A telephone? A mobile phone?”
“Nooo… as in the name you call me.”
“Oh! I just call you what I’ve always called you… Meow.”
“Alaiwah? Simply ‘Meow’ lor?”
“Yes, Meow… Simply Meow.”
“No ‘sweetie’, or ‘darling’? Like I call you ‘Honey kaa’... or ‘Allen kaa’.”
“Nope. I think ‘Meow’ is uniquely you. I like calling you ‘Meow’.”
So that’s how I noticed I’ve been addressing my wife, in person and on the phone. I even pick up the phone when I know she’s the one calling, not with a ‘hello’, but with a ‘meow’. It’s no wonder that even our dog, Cobie, behaves like a cat.
