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

[Beverly Flanigan]

How about diamonds???

At 02:13 PM 6/24/2005, you wrote:
>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