W. Baker wrote:

> Bj?rn Steensrud > wrote:
> : W. Baker wrote:
>
> : > As you know, I am not a cat person because of a severe allergy to
> : > them, but I thought this article on a new book on cat science might
> : > interest our
> : > catophiles on this list. Note it is OT and so labelled, but there are
> : > just so many cat peole here I thought you might enjoy readign about
> : > the book and arguing about it in a friendly way"-)
> : >
> : > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/sc...king.html?_r=0
> : >
> : > Wendy
>
> : Thanks on behalf of all alurophiles, Wendy - the brief excerpt in the
> : review only told me what I already know from having had cats for 30
> : years :-) It didn't mention pedigreed cats, where humans try to persuade
> : selected cats to mate. That would increase the domesticity[0] of the
> : breed, but doesn't always work. I have one fertile female who has always
> : refused toms of her own breed, carefully selected to minimize inbreeding
> : and maximize the beauty
> : of the kittens :-) :-) Time to give up and spay her, we're both getting
> : too old for another litter now.
>
> : [0] is that a word?
>
> : Bj?rn
>
> Domesticity usually refers to how happy doing housewifely things a
> personit or used as to mean a home-like atmosphere with pleasant smell
> form the kitchen and a neat, clean house beignenjoyed by a family.
> Somehow to me kids and that neat clean house don't seem to go togehter too
> well:-) I think the work you might want to use woul be domesticazation or
> something simial. Don't ever go by my typing or spelling!!!
>
> Wendy

Thanks, Wendy! I knew I had the word from somewhere. And I misspelled cat
lover - it's ailurophile. People who are afraid of cats have ailurophobia
:-) No matter - we're both understood, at least in this group of
gentlepersons.

Bjørn