I was just reading Su Ann's blog when i came across her theory that if you send a sms saying "meow", chances are they will reply with ‘woof’ or some other form of doggy vocalization. So, I decided to test it out..

THE MEOW EXPERIMENT

Me : Meow
Mum : What? u became a cat?

Me : Meow
Dad : -No reply-

Me : Meow
Aunty Karen : *calls* what u meow meow? siao already ah? (then talks about the pictures from my hong kong trip)

Me : Meow
Maryah : Haha ey u bck d? :D

Me : Meow
Brandon : Lol... :) hi.
Brandon : Long time Nvr chat with you de... :)

Me : Meow
Adrian Siew : ?
*5 minutes later*
Adrian Siew : Y meow?

Me : Meow
Christine : meow meow (replied on tagboard)

Me : Meow
Hilary Kon : Woof

Me : Meow
Jensen : Har ?u back adi? (then ask go out yam cha)

Me : Meow
Acacia : mooo

Me : Meow
Pui Yi : Meow? Er...Woff!!=P

Me : Meow
Khaima : U r back?

Me : Meow
Liyana Ghani : Meow meow...???

Me : Meow
Kelvin : Wo wo..

*unknown number* : Miaw....ho..^o^
Me : whos this?
*unknown number* : Miaw miaw ho..?still remember me or not ho..
Me : sherly?
Sherly : Ya ho.. wakaka..ho..

* i didnt even sms her, she saw the message from her boyfriend Kelvin.. the excessive use of "ho" will be explained in the hong kong post coming next week*

Me : Meow
Michelle Chan : Meow..Wad?
(few minutes later)
Michelle Chan : Hey, wad's up with the 'meow'?

Me : Meow
Nicholas : Meow? Who is thiz?

Me : Meow
Suemitraa : Yea? I think dat day someone used my fone 2 call u

Me : Meow
Roshini : Ur back!! How was ur holiday?

Me : Meow
Reuel : Who is tis??

Me : Meow
Phuii Khuun : Hiya... wad ya doin?

Me : Meow
Afriza : Hye

Me : Meow
Ivan : Hello :)

Me : Meow
Su Zen : whaaat?

Me : Meow
Matthew : Hello

Me : Meow
Kirsten : Woof?

Me : Meow
Daniel : ?

Me : Meow
Jeremy Chan : yo wassup

Me : Meow
Hui Lynn : hey hey.. hows life?

Me : Meow
Asyikin : Meow meow!!

Me : Meow
Praba : What does that mean?

Me : Meow
Pritvinder : May I know who is this..
Me: er..sandra?
Pritvinder : oh.. u sent me a msg saying meow so i felt weird...

Me : Meow
Tan Shane Lee : Erm hu is this?

Me : Meow
Ali : ?

Out of 33 respondents,

People who replied with ‘Woof’ : 3

People who replied with some other form of doggy vocalization, ie wo wo : 1

People who replied with some form of kitty vocalization : 4

People who replied with some form of animal vocalization : 1

People who were confused : 12

People who thought I meant 'Hi' : 8

=.= .... waste so much credit..