"I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura."

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Uh isn't this just a characteristic of language? the meaning doesn't equal the word. In the example above you and the dog have agreed that the term "cucumber" means roll over.

If I recall correctly (YMMV), there is a delineation between a human being able to intelligently discern the meanings of spoken words whereas the dog is simply making a Pavlovian level response.

Another way to highlight this is that you can call a dog some of the most vile and profane names and threaten their lives, yet if you do it in a sweet voice, they wouldn't know the difference: they would think you are talking sweet to them. Whereas a human would know the difference.