[ppi] [ppiindia] INTERMEZZO - Farmers say animals have accents

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G'day, cow! Farmers say animals have accents
Group of British herdsmen say they hear moos with different drawls

 
Updated: 5:06 p.m. ET Aug. 24, 2006
LONDON - Cows have regional accents, a group of British farmers claims, and 
phonetics experts say the idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds.

Lloyd Green, from southwest England, was one of a group of farmers who first 
noticed the phenomenon.

"I spend a lot of time with my Friesians, and they definitely moo with a 
Somerset drawl," he said, referring to the breed of dairy cow he owns.

"I've spoken to the other farmers in the West Country group and they have 
noticed a similar development in their own herds.

"I think 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."

Birds, too?
Dom Lane, spokesman for a group called the West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers 
to which Green belongs, said it contacted John Wells, Professor of Phonetics at 
University College London, who said that a similar phenomenon had been found in 
birds.

"You find distinct chirping accents in the same species around the country. 
This could also be true of cows," Wells said on the group's Web site 
(www.farmhousecheesemakers.com).

According to Lane, accents among cows probably develop in a similar way as 
among humans, and resulted from spending time with farmers with differing 
accents.

"Apparently the biggest influence on accents is peer groups - on children in 
the playground, for example," he said. "Herds are quite tight-knit communities 
and don't tend to leave the area."

He added that more scientific research was needed to prove what was just an 
anecdotal theory at this stage.

Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. .


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