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Article #3147Re: I can speak the language of sheep :
From: Paul J Kriha
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:46
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:46
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Torsten Poulin <t_usenet_drop@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2scu81F1j71nqU3@uni-berlin.de... > Wiktor S. skrev: > > >> Baa ! Baaaaa ! Baaaaa ! Ba Ba Ba ! > > > That must be some anglicized spelling. The sheeps I know don't > > understand this. Perhaps because they speak the "mee mee" > > dialect. > > The ones around here say both "m�h" and "b�h". They used to say > "m�" and "b�" as well, but their vocabulary has been reduced by > the language council. Still, what is left should be enough for > something along the lines of Morse code. I remember hearing the Central European sheep speaking the "be be" dialect of Sheep while down under they speak the "ba ba" dialect even though hardly any of them can understand the literary Blacksheep. Paul JK
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