<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[You may know me from all the cat pictures I post.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. But I'm also an English teacher</p><p>Let me tell you how a sentence can have 11 HADs in a row and still be correct </p><p>(Also, Max makes a brief appearance in this video)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/english" rel="tag">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grammar" rel="tag">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" rel="tag">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatsOfMastodon" rel="tag">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/216354d9-7cb1-4b98-9ed5-4c2bf54534f9/you-may-know-me-from-all-the-cat-pictures-i-post.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:42:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/216354d9-7cb1-4b98-9ed5-4c2bf54534f9.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:07:29 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:15:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> Amazing!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jesper_linnet/statuses/116301322704128027</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jesper_linnet/statuses/116301322704128027</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jesper_linnet@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:15:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:05:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/brouhaha%40mastodon.social">@<span>brouhaha</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/deirdrebeth%40mas.to">@<span>deirdrebeth</span></a></span> Hello my friends!</p><p>I think you're both correct. I decided to focus on pronunciation in the video so it wouldn't be too long - but punctuation IS important, so I added it to the sentence at the end when I say it correctly, so you can see how the two work together.</p><p>I hope you're having a wonderful day</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116300101819303894</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116300101819303894</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:05:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:44:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/dpnash%40c.im">@<span>dpnash</span></a></span> I love this!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116300021548547223</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116300021548547223</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:44:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:41:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/deirdrebeth%40mas.to">@<span>deirdrebeth</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> <br />But without the written punctuation, one wouldn't know how to say it, such that it would make sense to a listener. I still maintain that the written form, without punctuation, is not a valid sentence.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116299536058206837</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116299536058206837</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[brouhaha@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:41:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:01:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/brouhaha%40mastodon.social">@<span>brouhaha</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> </p><p>"if you say" - verbal punctuation is literally the point of this video, but we don't say "quote" or "comma" we just indicate it - so that sentence is correct in that it is every word that will come out of your mouth.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/116298905963267360</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/116298905963267360</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[deirdrebeth@mas.to]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:01:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:58:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> It's not correct as shown,  because it is missing essential punctuation.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116298657583751271</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brouhaha/statuses/116298657583751271</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[brouhaha@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:58:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:30:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> </p><p>One time, when one of my kids was early grade school age, we figured out a way to create sentences consisting solely of an arbitrarily large number of squash.</p><p>Squash! —  “Squeeze!” Or “Look. A vegetable!”<br />Squash squash!  — Squeeze vegetables!<br />Squash squash squash — Vegetables squeeze vegetables.<br />Squash squash squash squash! — Squeeze vegetables that other vegetables squeeze!<br />Squash squash squash squash squash —Vegetables squeeze vegetables that squeeze vegetables.</p><p>It’s pretty easy to see how this generalizes to truly ridiculous amounts of squash.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116298547452432517</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116298547452432517</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dpnash@c.im]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:30:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:56:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span><br />Now do Buffalo <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f609.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--wink" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😉" alt="😉" /></p><p><a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/english" rel="tag">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/grammar" rel="tag">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/language" rel="tag">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/CatsOfMastodon" rel="tag">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/oneiros/statuses/116298416199153910</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/oneiros/statuses/116298416199153910</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oneiros@ruhr.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:56:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:40:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> Haha, I love this <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f604.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--smile" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😄" alt="😄" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ngmx.com/users/sindarina/statuses/116298352458074005</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ngmx.com/users/sindarina/statuses/116298352458074005</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sindarina@ngmx.com]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:40:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:18:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> Perfect! Well done!<br />:-))</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116139949607967655/statuses/116298031223213341</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116139949607967655/statuses/116298031223213341</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kennethbousquet@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:18:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:36:53 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/fentiger%40mastodon.social">@<span>FenTiger</span></a></span> Extraordinary sentence!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297866491387573</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297866491387573</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:36:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:36:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/sagesse%40norden.social">@<span>Sagesse</span></a></span> one can even say "wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach"</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/diekenbrock/statuses/116297863109867657</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/diekenbrock/statuses/116297863109867657</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[diekenbrock@digitalcourage.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:36:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:27:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> James, while John had had "had had", had had "had had had had had had had had had had had". "Had had had had had had had had had had had" had had even more of an effect on the teacher. <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f609.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--wink" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=";)" alt="😉" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FenTiger/statuses/116297830642858340</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FenTiger/statuses/116297830642858340</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fentiger@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:27:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:31:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@kgertz">@<span>kgertz</span></a></span> me too!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297610730661979</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297610730661979</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:31:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:17:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f631.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--scream" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😱" alt="😱" /><img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f914.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--thinking_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤔" alt="🤔" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116297552785119498</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116297552785119498</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[drjlecter@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:17:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:16:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> that is great… I love these specific characteristics of different languages:)</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/kgertz/statuses/116297549856817783</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/kgertz/statuses/116297549856817783</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kgertz@digitalcourage.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:16:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:58:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rhw%40mastodon.au">@<span>RHW</span></a></span> thank you! That's always been my objective when teaching it - because you're right, it can be mystifying for learners</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297478468874274</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297478468874274</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:58:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:54:52 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> Thank you, love this, makes this hard point of grammar fun.  Although English is my native language I am always sorry for those who have to learn it.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/RHW/statuses/116297465370822573</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/RHW/statuses/116297465370822573</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rhw@mastodon.au]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:54:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:54:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drjlecter%40beige.party">@<span>DrJLecter</span></a></span> well, I never met my dad, so maybe....</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297463808731263</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297463808731263</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:54:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:37:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> omg I needed you as my teacher in 5th and 6th grade. Our English teacher back then made us watch Mr. Bean videos <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f923.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--rolling_on_the_floor_laughing" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤣" alt="🤣" /><img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f923.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--rolling_on_the_floor_laughing" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤣" alt="🤣" /></p><p>Also, are you related to Pedro Pascal. You totally remind me of him and I swear you look a bit like him <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😂" alt="😂" /> (love your voice and your enthusiasm)</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116297396283327795</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/DrJLecter/statuses/116297396283327795</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[drjlecter@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:37:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:34:31 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> looks weird in Braille, too - contracted Braille for had is "⠸⠓". Seeing them consecutively⠀ feels odd under the old fingertips.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/cachondo/statuses/116297385373612837</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/users/cachondo/statuses/116297385373612837</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cachondo@defcon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:34:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:27:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/cachondo%40defcon.social">@<span>cachondo</span></a></span> I've often used the sentence in the video as a punctuation exercise as well. It's almost always too difficult for them!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297357756005418</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297357756005418</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:27:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:25:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/sagesse%40norden.social">@<span>Sagesse</span></a></span> wonderful! I'm going to have to learn German just to be able to say this</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297350662904750</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115820035554721312/statuses/116297350662904750</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rufustheduck@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:25:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to You may know me from all the cat pictures I post. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:22:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rufustheduck%40mastodon.social">@<span>rufustheduck</span></a></span> This is my jam. <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f913.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--nerd_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤓" alt="🤓" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/fc/statuses/116297339474906325</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/fc/statuses/116297339474906325</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fc@universeodon.com]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:22:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>