Mew

[swedeheart]

Asking as a non-native speaker: 'mew' as a noun, for what a cat/kitten says. It seems far less common than 'meow' or 'miaow', but I need to use 'mew' for rhyming reasons. The internet tells me it's doable, mew can be used as a noun. But there is some confusion (for me). I have two questions:

1) Is a mew something a kitten would say, whereas an adult cat would say meow? (I read that, somewhere.) If you have a strong opinion here, please state if you're referring to British English or American.

2) Is there a British/American English difference between meow and mew?

Again, just a reminder, it's the noun I'm asking about. Thanks a lot!

[Peter Pedant]

Padded - if only it had been - LUXURY !

concrete floor - but blimey I speak the southern egypt dialect of Arabic good - no probz.

[swedeheart]

Peter Pedant, I love that, thanks so much for adding the hieroglyph info to this thread, it's adorable. Your confinement must have been a pleasant one - I hope:) Regarding your second post, I can see what you are saying but does that imply between the lines that you believe 'mew' is *not* used as a noun? ~ Actually, shoota, it isn't my poem, it's a translation... and I've already made one word up, two would be one too many, haha... but hey, stay a pirate during 2016! :) ~ Mamyalynne thank you for being the first one to reply, in the middle of the night, and a Happy New Year to you!