If Dogs Could Talk... Would we know we were talking to a dog?

Dogs are almost always cute. But you always know when a dog is there. You hear panting, or a tail hitting the floor. You smell dog breath in your face. Or your face just got licked. It is always so easy to know where there is a dog near you. But how easy is it to know who you are talking to when you are online? Obviously, you would never actually be talking to a dog online. That is just impossible. And most of the time, you talk to your friends online, so you clearly know if you are talking to a girl or a guy. But if it is a stranger, how can you tell? Most of us are not that accustomed to the differences between men and women online. And every once in a while, a friend will be on someone else screen name, and unless they tell you who they are, often you will go on clueless. There must be certain differences that we might be able to pick up on. But it is also just as easy to pretend to be something that you aren't online. Because all that is exchanged is words on a screen, you can be very conscious about what you are saying and how you are saying it. And I am pretty sure that if dogs actually could talk, that often we would be unable to tell if we were talking to a guy, a girl, or a dog!