Monday, July 13, 2009

This is what I am thinking about...

Two leggeds hear things differently!

I was looking at Derek Abbott's table and I was simply stunned!.

I glossed over the rest of the animals listed, but the small dog bit really captivated me....

Do you really think a Finnish dog barks "How how" and a Danish dog barks "vov-vov".... or an English dog "yap yap/arf arfs?"... You get the idea...

You would think that same species, same breed would all sound the same? Well there are 2 possible explanations...
1. You 2 leggeds have defective ears and your "hearing" is colored by your own languages which would explain the many many languages....

or we...

2. 4leggeds are influenced by the languages we hear and we bark differently!

Oh my... that thought has me really wondering... Am I influenced mt momma's language background? Does my bark have "an accent?"

I need to meet Bichons from other parts of the world, STAT. I need to study this!

Is there any data out there?

Should I bau bau to get momma's attention? Has her singing Nora Misnora to me forever changed my bark? Do American Bichons, understand me?

Oh my .... so many issues...
so much to think about!!!!


hev hev
'vie

4 comments:

Honeygo Beasley said...

It's all Greek to me!

rocky-dog said...

Well I have noticed that some of my friends at the park speak different 2 legged languages. Yuki the bichon, for example speaks not only english but also Japanese. Sato (who is a chihuahua) also speaks mostly japanese but understands a bit of english. Dewey-dog (not sure WHAT he is --just really, really big) will talk to my mama in english, but his mama speaks to him in Russian. There is also a new pair of four leggeds -- actually there are 2 new pairs of four leggeds that have started visiting my park. One pair is definitely French and I think mama said the other pair is Israeli. and there are a LOT of four leggeds who speak various Mexican and central american languages. We live in a very multi-cultural area here in the SF Bay area.

Your friend -- Rocky-dog (I myself speak english primarily)

rocky-dog said...

Miss Silvie, I was pondering your question some more this evening when mama and I were on our evening walkie in my park (yes folks, it is MY park -- I just let everyone else in our town use it for their enjoyment). I realized that although we 4leggeds are often required to speak the language of our 2legged, we 4leggeds do share a common language -- the language of "the cookie". Yes, the cookie speaks to all of us in a special unique way that 4leggeds from all cultures seem to understand.
My mama is known locally as the cookie lady (she always makes sure to have a baggie full of puppy cookies available when we go for our walkies.). All the local 4leggeds understand that if they want a cookie, they must sit politely and behave, then they get a cookie from mama. Some of my friends will actually do a trick or two (Dewey-dog must sit for his first cookie, down for his second cookie and now mama has him put his paws on her shoulders for his third cookie -- Dewey-dog is BIG -- when he does this he can look mama in the eye and he KNOWS that mama means business -- his own mama can't make Dewey-dog behave like this but my mama understands the language of the cookie!)

The language of the cookie is powerful indeed.

Rocky-dog

silvieon4 said...

ahhh The language of the cookie. See, in my world it is chewies we can't get enough of. Those are premium.... But I get the concept. And mushy language, with ohhs and cooos... UNIVERSAL.... :) We "transcend"!!!!

Silvieon4