According to the  Aki Mari diary blog Feb 22 is called Cat day in Japan merely because of a lingustic twist. The pronunciation of 22 is apparently a bit like cat in Japanese.  Aki Mary says “2 is read as “NI”; (like knee) and cats make the sound “Nyan”. So somebody decided that today’s cat day.” I dont know japanese, but I am really interested in languages, and since I am a big fan of these creatures of mystery, I have decided that Cat day definitely needs to be celebrated.

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