Bowlingual Discovers That Every Dog Has An Inner Japanese Woman

What is your dog trying to say when he’s barking at bicyclists riding by your window? If only we spoke Japanese, we’d know.

Back in 2002, TakaraTomy released a device called the Bowlingual, which claimed to translate a dog’s barking into human dialect you could read from a screen. Now, 7 years later, the company has updated Bowlingual to include vocalisation—you know, like a text-to-speech GPS but for an animal discussing the merits of eating one’s own feces.

It’s a Japan-only toy, so the voice of the American dog movement will continue to go unheard. But do what we do and just assume that your dog is perpetually trying to warn you that the old mill is burning down. Better safe than sorry. [TakaraTomy via technabob via pocket-lint]