Australian man claims his cat can swear

A Territory man claims his pet cat, Mischief, can speak English, with a vocabulary of seven different words so far.

Robert 'RJ' Duncan, of Palmerston, says his budgie, Piccaninny, can also speak.

Mr Duncan said the two-year-old cat - which he and his wife adopted from his feral mother in Katherine - was most vocal at night.



"He starts mouthing off when he wants his food - when we start cooking," he said. "He can say seven words all up: mum, no, now, what, f**k, prick and why.

"He can't say 'dad' yet, which is a bit of a prick. That's how he got the word 'prick' I reckon, because I say it a lot."

The Duncans' budgie is less adventurous with its words. It just says "s**t".