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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
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Which language should I use to talk to my cows ???

I'm not 100% sure if my cows understand the English language.They could be French cows or Spanish cows, nobody knows.

So what can I do to understand my cows ?
  

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They could be French cows or Spanish cows, nobody knows. [/nq] . There was an autistic lady talking on Radio 4 - some programme with Libby Purves - a few days ago who had a better rapport with animals, particularly cattle, than people.

  • They could be French cows or Spanish cows, nobody knows.
  • [/nq] .
  • There was an autistic lady talking on Radio 4 - some programme with Libby Purves - a few days ago who had a better rapport with animals, particularly cattle, than people.
  • She provided a consultancy in this sort of thing.
  • Personally, I have always found that animals understand English as well as any other language.
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[nq:1]I'm not 100% sure if my cows understand the English language.They could be French cows or Spanish cows, nobody knows. So what can I do to understand my cows ?[/nq]
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There was an autistic lady talking on Radio 4 - some programme with Libby Purves - a few days ago who had a better rapport with animals, particularly cattle, than people.
She provided a consultancy in this sort of th
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[nq:2]I'm not 100% sure if my cows understand the English ... So what can I do to understand my cows ?[/nq]
[nq:1]. There was an autistic lady talking on Radio 4 - some programme with Libby Purves - a few ... in this sort of thing. Personally, I have always found that animals understand English as well as any other language.[/nq]
I think the only certain method of understanding is total im
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pie (Email Removed) wrote to ask:
[nq:1]I'm not 100% sure if my cows understand the English language.They could be French cows or Spanish cows, nobody knows. So what can I do to understand my cows ?[/nq]
I'd stick with english: there is no udder language like it, I've herd.

Ian
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[nq:1]There was an autistic lady talking on Radio 4 - some programme with Libby Purves - a few days ago who had a better rapport with animals, particularly cattle, than people.[/nq]
Temple Grandin, probably, for the would-be Googlers out there. Fascinating woman. Very mildly autistic ... just enough to be a genius in her field and to not have the usual set of emotions.

George W. Russe
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[nq:2]There was an autistic lady talking on Radio 4 - ... had a better rapport with animals, particularly cattle, than people.[/nq]
[nq:1]Temple Grandin, probably, for the would-be Googlers out there. Fascinating woman. Very mildly autistic ... just enough to be a genius in her field and to not have the usual set of emotions. George W. Russell Bangalore[/nq]
George, many thanks. I think I'
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[nq:1]I'm not 100% sure if my cows understand the English language.They could be French cows or Spanish cows, nobody knows. So what can I do to understand my cows ?[/nq]
Cows are polyglot. Choose a language, stick to it and they'll be happy to converse with you. Avoid the Finno-Ugaric languages as they have difficulty with the syntax.
However, even though one can converse with a cow, it is
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[nq:2]I'm not 100% sure if my cows understand the English ... So what can I do to understand my cows ?[/nq]
[nq:1]Cows are polyglot. Choose a language, stick to it and they'll be happy to converse with you. Avoid the Finno-Ugaric ... time, which in cow language means "yes I am listening, carry on" but apart from that they don't say much.[/nq]
We invented a fantasy that one our Shetland pon
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[nq:2]Cows are polyglot. Choose a language, stick to it and ... carry on" but apart from that they don't say much.[/nq]
[nq:1]We invented a fantasy that one our Shetland ponies could speak. His conversation was limited to "Eat grass. Grass good." It passed for wit among Shetlandkind and made him a popular after-dinner speaker.[/nq]
Wouldn't he have been even more popular if he had said "Dr
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[nq:2]I'm not 100% sure if my cows understand the English ... So what can I do to understand my cows ?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd stick with english: there is no udder language like it, I've herd.[/nq]
No I'm sorry. We've got to blow the horn on tails like this, its all bull which should be cud out of all newsgroups.
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On Monday, in article

[nq:1]Personally, I have always found that animals understand English as well as any other language.[/nq]
Of course they understand English, if you shout it loud enough :-)

Brian {Hamilton Kelly} (Email Removed) "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1

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