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aleCcowaN March 25, 2017 03:44 PM

Responde al nombre de ...
 
At least in Argentina, when a pet or trained animal is lost to its masters they print those typical ads with a photo and basic info, which always includes "responde al nombre de (Puppy)", that means, if you call it (Puppy) the animal will recognize it as something related to itself.

This comes from the fact that only apes can fathom the concept of "my name", that's why we favour expressing the notions as "the animal reacts when it's called (Puppy)".

Is there something equivalent in English? What do the ads usually say?

Rusty March 25, 2017 06:58 PM

answers to (Puppy)
responds to ...

is called (Puppy)
named ...

Perikles March 26, 2017 02:46 AM

That reminds me of two anecdotes: an English friend of mine lived here in Tenerife and had Spanish neighbours with a dog. She mentioned this dog to me and claimed that it's name was "ven aquí" :D

The other is an advertisement I saw in a local newspaper in England:

Found: one cat. Answers to the name of "Go away"

JPablo March 26, 2017 11:15 PM

Muy buenas, las anécdotas, Perikles.

--¿Y tú cómo te llamas?

--Yo no me llamo, me llaman... ;-)

Perikles March 27, 2017 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 165994)
Muy buenas, las anécdotas, Perikles.

--¿Y tú cómo te llamas?

--Yo no me llamo, me llaman... ;-)

:D This construction in Spanish really does sound strange when talking about animals:

And your chickens - what do they call themselves? I doubt whether they call themselves anything, but I call them ....

aleCcowaN March 27, 2017 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 165984)
answers to (Puppy)
responds to ...

is called (Puppy)
named ...

Thank you, Rusty!


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