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YeGoblynQueenneyesterday at 9:19 PM16 repliesview on HN

Wait, "pspspsps"? Where are you from? I thought only Greeks do "pspspsps".


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saghmyesterday at 9:39 PM

I've heard that my whole life in the US. I think my dad taught it to me when I was really young, because he loves cats and our neighbors across the street had some outdoor cats.

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YeGoblynQueennetoday at 7:35 AM

Well it seems everyone uses that! Thanks guys, I had no idea and this is so interesting to know. Now I wonder if someone has made some kind of study about it. I'll go looking.

riffraffyesterday at 10:22 PM

We do it in Italy too, afair (I'm a bit in doubt if we also do "tch tch tch")

rafaelvascoyesterday at 9:36 PM

No, it's somewhat common here in Brazil too.

Modified3019yesterday at 10:35 PM

It’s very common in the USA.

ChoGGitoday at 3:27 AM

That's a worldwide thing, as well as other stupid human noises ;)

Tch tch tch

MadrasTh0rntoday at 4:27 AM

All of the US and some of Canada does pspspsps

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bigiaintoday at 2:52 AM

Australia also uses pspspsps - at least my part of it and my family and friends.

(and for some Australians some of the time, "ps ps fuckin ps, ya cunting cat!" of course. ;- ) )

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pezezinyesterday at 11:31 PM

We also do it in Spain, I think it is the international cat calling code.

msephtontoday at 2:45 AM

We do it on the United Kingdom

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WalterBrighttoday at 12:06 AM

I'm from America, and we do spspspsp.

Avicebronyesterday at 9:55 PM

Can confirm that non-greek Americans do this as well.

nottorpyesterday at 9:48 PM

And Romanians.

reaperduceryesterday at 9:30 PM

My German grandmother did it, too.

Induaneyesterday at 11:43 PM

We do it in America

asturayesterday at 11:58 PM

pspspsps is biological , it's common noise to get a cats attention (in many places) because it stimulates their prey drive.