Monday, November 4, 2013

Myw


The Egyptian word for “cat” is myw; when the missing vowels are inserted, this becomes meey’auw.

- taken from the prologue of a book entitled, Trigonometric Delights. Yes, there is a book called Trigonemtric Delights, and, yes, I am reading it.

And, yes, ancient Egyptians called their cats “meows.”

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