Posted on 08/24/2006 4:58:08 PM PDT by blam
Cows also 'have regional accents'
Cows moo with a regional twang
Cow moo recordings(Click on site to hear)
Cows have regional accents like humans, language specialists have suggested. They decided to examine the issue after dairy farmers noticed their cows had slightly different moos, depending on which herd they came from.
John Wells, Professor of Phonetics at the University of London, said regional twangs had been seen before in birds.
The farmers in Somerset who noticed the phenomenon said it may have been the result of the close bond between them and their animals.
Farmer Lloyd Green, from Glastonbury, said: "I spend a lot of time with my ones and they definitely moo with a Somerset drawl.
"I've spoken to the other farmers in the West Country group and they have noticed a similar development in their own herds.
"It works the same as with dogs - the closer a farmer's bond is with his animals, the easier it is for them to pick up his accent."
Peer pressure
Prof Wells felt the accents could result from their contemporaries.
He said: "This phenomenon is well attested in birds. You find distinct chirping accents in the same species around the country.
"This could also be true of cows.
"In small populations such as herds you would encounter identifiable dialectical variations which are most affected by the immediate peer group."
Dr Jeanine Treffers-Daller, reader in linguistics at the University of the West of England in Bristol, agreed that the accent could be influenced by relatives.
She said: "When we are learning to speak, we adopt a local variety of language spoken by our parents, so the same could be said about the variation in the West Country cow moo."
Is it such a nightmare to think of publicly funded science in the US you see it everywhere? Before you read the article even?
I cyen so spot a Califirnian accent!
LOL! Cows With Guns is a good song.
But THOSE aren't ACCENTS...that's just the right way to moo.
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How to identify if your cow has mad cow disease...
(a copy from a PowerPoint File - thanks to the unknown original author :-) ) -- from http://viswiz.imk.fraunhofer.de/~steffi/madcow/madcow.htm here 8-24-2006 |
That's the most ridic.....OHHHH DAISIES!!!
Cows see tongue? or maybe Cows eat dung?
Exactly! He even snored like an old German man. LOL!
Cow dung flung
Cowsy dotes and dosey dotes
And little lamsey divey.
A kittledee divey too
Wooden shoe?
With all of the talk about cow flatulence ruining the ozone layer, one must wonder if their farts are dialectical as well.
I can never understand cows when they do that ebonics thing.
Now, finally some series mooo news with liemie ackscent.
"Like, totally moo..."
Mooo Yall!
The dog was a fine specimen, very healthy, and every bit the "real deal".I could tell at a glance, his blood lines were pure European. He was a very nice dog, a real beaut, eliciting comments, every where I took him...
Trouble was, I couldn't understand a word that dog said, his accent was so thick...
I guess beef really is Red meat.
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