Catspeak

Catspeak is a dialect of the English language used by cats on twitter. There are variations of misspellings and malapropisms within catspeak due to the fluidity of language, difficulty typing with paws and noses, the fact that most cats don't meet many other cats, so something similar the island effect in evolution can occur easily. Despite the differences in the ways they speak, cats on twitter typically appear to understand each other. Some words and phrases have become standardized over time as cats spend time online communicating with cats outside of their household.
== Criticisms ==
Occasionally, a random human with no life (yes, this is coming from someone writing an article on a cat twitter wiki), will criticize a cat for using catspeak. These people often say things like "if MY cat was on twitter, they would know how to spell!" or "if you cat can make a twitter account they can spell." 
These criticisms seem to come from the person being frustrated by their own inability to read or from personal biases rooted in colonialism and white supremacy. 
== Linguistics ==
=== Phonetics ===
Cats typically spell words phonetically. Although cats can make many different sounds, their ability to vocalize is not the same as a human's, which is part of why some words are often spelled differently from how humans spell them. 
=== Punctuation ===
Cat's often use what some humans may call "excessive" punctuation.
=== Inconsistencies ===
While there appear to be some general rules, catspeak can often be full of inconsistencies. This can be from household to household due to the island effect, or even within a cat's own tweets. According to Claude, inconsistencies is actually one of the five rules of grammar cats must follow. 
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