spade cat (was Re: "like" and "as if")

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:02:45 -0400, sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM> wrote:

>>"Spade" is the spelling I see most frequently on those "Free Cat" notices
>>on the vet's bulletin board.
>>
>I've frequently heard "spaded" cat or dog, esp. up here in northern NY.
>Probably appears on notices, too, but I haven't been reading them.

Has anyone seen the following bumper sticker?  (Imagine card suit symbols.)

   I [heart] my cat.
   I [spade] my dog.
   I [club]  my wife.


--Ben Zimmer