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31 May 2006

Ask Mecha: Moo? Le Moo? Mooquita? I really really wanna know....

"Do all cows speak in cow, or are there dialects that make it difficult for American cows to communicate with foreign cows?"

post by: ramix at: 19:08 | 14 comments

Tread cautiously, y'all. This question caused many a rift among my friends in high school.

posted by occhiblu 31 May | 19:12

Sounds of the world's animals — not a deleted thread from Metafilter, so far as I can tell.

posted by AlexReynolds 31 May | 19:13

Mooquita made me think of Mojito, which made me want a beer.

posted by eekacat 31 May | 19:14

I understand Tom Tancredo is introducing a bill to prevent illegal cow immigration; apparently the foreign cows refuse to assimilate.

posted by stilicho 31 May | 19:17

I don't know about cows, but bees from Europe cannot follow the dance language of bees from North America, and vice versa.

posted by Specklet 31 May | 19:22

That question and the answers are irritating the hell out of me.

posted by kmellis 31 May | 19:24

You're taking it much too seriously. Were you the one who pointed out the naive superficial thing? I think that's pretty much the answer.

As for cows, I like to think of them at least having regional/national accents.

posted by occhiblu 31 May | 19:30

People boo to spond like cows gouing moo, so i gotta think mooing is pretty uniform where there is theatre.

posted by ethylene 31 May | 19:32

sound = spond
going, etc.
(spond?)

sorry, crazy typing around things problem

posted by ethylene 31 May | 19:33

bees from Europe cannot follow the dance language of bees from North America, and vice versa.

Can bees from different hives communicate with one another? I've always assumed the language was unique to the hive.

posted by Five Fresh Fish 31 May | 22:06

Dogs in different countries understand different languages. It's obvious, but it amused the hell out of me when I realised it.

me: Sit.
portugese dog: wag, wag, confused look.

posted by seanyboy 01 June | 01:42

So.... what's "sit" in Portuguese?

I did always like people encouraging dogs to "vieni! vieni!" in Italy. It seems more onomotopoetic than "come."

posted by occhiblu 01 June | 02:13

I knew, but have forgotten.
Anyone else?

posted by seanyboy 01 June | 02:24

I once saw something on "Tomorrow's World" when I was a kid that seemed to indicate that French sparrows chirp a different 'language' from English sparrows.

posted by essexjan 01 June | 12:33

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