#wow this is a real [pause] CLOWDER of cats...

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[ID adapted from alt: Two panels (the first is on the left) from the Natsume's Book of Friends manga in which Natori uses the phrase "clowder of cats". The first is from chapter 101 and he's saying to Matoba, Natsume, and Nyanko-sensei, "So Ban is aware of the clowder of cats that Natsume saw." The second is from chapter 102 and he, Natsume, and sensei are looking at a dozen or so ceramic lucky cats surrounding a man passed out on the floor. Natori says, "Wow, this is a real 'clowder' of cats..." /end ID]

ugh gretchen stop trying to make clowder happen, it's not going to happen 🙄

#i had to look this up. i've been reading english for three decades and i s2g i never saw this word before #apparently it's a collective noun for a group of cats. like a pride of lions‚ a murder of crows‚ a clowder of cats #if you say so gretchen... #i love that he says it like a normal word the first time but he must have gotten some weird looks because he's quote unquoting it #the second time #wow this is a real [pause] CLOWDER of cats... #<-said no one ever you big weirdo #i have to wonder though if this is just a totally normal word in japanese and it's an artefact of translation #because we don't really have a collective noun for cats in wide use in english... #natsume's book of friends #natsume yuujinchou #kittehs #fun with words #my posts #natori shuuichi #homura cats arc