Hello Kitty is not a cat, and she's British?!

[Garrison Hilliard]

Hello Kitty is not a cat, and she's British.

Blimey.

A University of Hawaii anthropologist, who wrote Pink
Globalization:
Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific, says she got the straight
dope
from Sanrio, the Japanese company behind the not-feline phenom.

[44]According to the L.A. Times, Christine Yano was corrected while
she
preparing materials for "[45]Hello! Exploring the Supercute World
of
Hello Kitty," the first retrospective of its kind in the world,
opening
in October at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.

Yano's new understanding: "Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a
cartoon
character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a
cat.
She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a
two-legged
creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it's
called
Charmmy Kitty."

Oh, c'mon. Lots of cartoon dogs and cats walk on two legs, from
Garfield to Snoopy.

Even turns out somebody checked, and Peanuts confirms, [46]Snoopy
is a
dog.

Besides, pointed ears, whiskers and name like Hello Kitty, this
character sure seems to be doing a pretty cat impersonation.

But it sure does say Hello Kitty is a "girl" [47]right here on
Sanrio's
website. We're told her actual name is Kitty White, and she lives
with
her twin sister, Mimmy, and other White people in the suburbs of
London. Her favorite food is un-Purina-like apple pie.

Wait a minute. Look at the other characters described there. Timmy
and
Tammy are "monkeys," Tippy and Thomas are "bears." Then again, it's
left unclear whether Rory is a squirrel or a boy with a
preternaturally
long bushy tail.

Then again, a poster for a four-day [48]Hello Kitty Con in Los
Angeles,
starting Oct. 30, says the character will appear "in person." The
expo/fanfest will be at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Oddly, Hello Kitty doesn't have a mouth, but sure can [49]talk in
cartoons, which proves nothing, since even sponges can talk in
cartoons.

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Post by Garrison Hilliard
Hello Kitty is not a cat, and she's British.
Blimey.
A University of Hawaii anthropologist, who wrote Pink
Hello Kitty's Trek Across the Pacific, says she got the straight
dope from Sanrio, the Japanese company behind the not-feline phenom.

A university anthropologist wasted huge amounts of time (and probably
money) on Hello Kitty?!? Just adds further prove to universities are
completely useless and stuck in a fantasy world of their own
"importance". :-\

Post by Garrison Hilliard
According to the L.A. Times, Christine Yano was corrected while
she preparing materials for "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World
of Hello Kitty," the first retrospective of its kind in the world,
opening in October at the Japanese American National Museum in
Los Angeles.
Yano's new understanding: "Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a
cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But
she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks
and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of
her own, however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty."
Oh, c'mon. Lots of cartoon dogs and cats walk on two legs, from
Garfield to Snoopy.
Even turns out somebody checked, and Peanuts confirms, [46]Snoopy
is a dog.

<snip>

Not to mention almost the entire cast of animal characters from Warner
Brothers and Hannah-Barbera (a couple of exceptions like Hong Kong
Phooey's sidekick cat), including all the main animal characters in
"Top *Cat*".

Then again, the Japanese have always been weird (even weirder then
Hollyweird). The latest version of "My Little Pony", for example, does
have the main characters as high school girls who happen to have horse
ears and tails. :-\