Links: Criminally, the East Latvian Hoongerdoonger Remains Excluded

Not That Mike The Other Mike

Including the Nederlandse Kooikerhondje. Good luck pronouncing that.

New Dog Breeds Coming To This Year’s Westminster Dog Show

Gothamist, via NTMTOM

Cuddle puddle.

24 Photos & GIFs Of Cats Hugging Other Cats That Will Squish Your Heart

Cuteness, via Elaine W.

Which is one more emotion than people have.

Cats Who Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Printers

Cuteness, via Elaine W.

That... that sounds painful.

How Cats Clawed Their Way Into Our Hearts

National Geographic, via NTMTOM

CAUTION: May have telekinetic powers.

Puppies From Radioactive Chernobyl Starting New Lives In North America

BuzzFeed News, via Andrew Y.

And finally: It’s Casper, the Friendly Ghost!

Wait — My bad, it’s Stanley, the Smiling Sea Lion (via Arne).

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5 thoughts on “Links: Criminally, the East Latvian Hoongerdoonger Remains Excluded”

  1. allein ? January 25, 2019 / 8:07 am

    Coincidentally, I just came from the printer, where I had to wait a minute for it to warm up because apparently I’m the first to use it today.

    Sadly, no kitties sleeping on it. 🙁

  2. allein ? January 25, 2019 / 8:26 am

    Also, I notice they tell you how to pronounce Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen but not the other one. I guess they don’t know how, either.

    Side note: I once worked with a guy whose mother bred Petite Basset Griffon Vendéens. She had passed away a few years before but he still had her 6 doggos. I went to his house once to carpool to another location for work and got to see them (but only through the door because he didn’t want to get them all riled up for a visitor).

    • Murray C January 25, 2019 / 10:12 pm

      I think they’re SO cute! Not sure I’ve ever seen one in person, but in pictures – sigh.

  3. Ricky's Mom January 25, 2019 / 10:02 am

    I’ve seen some terribly bad guides online. Here is a less-terrible, but still only rough guide:

    NAYderlahntsuh KOYkerhunchuh, with secondary stress on the penultimate syllable of each word.

    Bear in mind that there is more than one dialect of Dutch, so pronunciations, even in the Netherlands, will still vary.

    Here are some native speakers:

    https://forvo.com/word/nederlandse/#nl
    https://forvo.com/word/kooikerhondje/

    You may notice the K in Kooikerhondje sounds a bit like a “hard g.” That’s because less air is released on the initial or stressed k sound than would be in many types of English.

    They sure look adorable, don’t they?

  4. Ricky's Mom January 25, 2019 / 10:03 am

    P.S. to Mike: Take a letter!

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