The daily moos
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- 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.
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According to [some cheesemaker], accents among cows probably develop in a similar way as among humans, and resulted from spending time with farmers with differing accents.
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Load of horseshite, I say. Though on second thought, my cats definitely mrow with a fuck-off type tone. Could they have learned it from someone? Hmm.
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My dog barks with a German accent. Oh no wait, that's not my dog, that's a German guy.
MY dog has a definite attitude problem. While that has nothing to do with an accent, I refuse to believe it is learned behavior, as some have suggested. Hmmpf!
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