Twanging Cows!

[eefanincan]

Cows mooo with a twang
August 23, 2006

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. "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."

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.

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.

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Do we really need more "scientific research"? Is it really worth studying???

[Gasman59]

That's just too funny !!!

[Twirley]

I'm sure someone will waste time & money on it! Shame the other more worthy causes will lose out!

[fritz]

My god these people should get a life.

[IRiSHMaFIA]

I think there's some merit to the whole thing. Snoop Dog has an american accent?

[fritz]

You've got a point there I never though about that

[janbo1960]

Dairy cow Duchess produces 'udderly' amazing milk output
February 15, 2007
abc.net.au

A southern Queensland dairy farmer is claiming one for the record books. 'Duchess', one of his herd of 350 milkers, is producing twice as much milk every day as any other cow. The Darling Downs' farmer's holstein friesian is producing up to 80 litres of milk per day - that is double the production of an average cow.

Cameron Janke says he bought Duchess for $1,000 and she just will not stop producing high quantities of milk. "She's just a very capacious, tall, wide, a super aggressive cow - she's got a real top udder, the udder is glued right up into the cow and it's not going to fall off in her life time anyway," he said.

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I suppose you could call her a "capacious Old Cow!!!!"

[6ULDV8]

That's Udderly fantastic...

I don't want to Milk this for all the puns it's worth as I would be a real Tit if I did...

But she (the cow) does seem to be the Cream of the herd, certainly not Cheesey...

I wonder if the farmer has to Butter her up to produce more milk?

It certainly is Whey cool tho.

If it gets too cold out, would she (the cow) be Friesian it's teats off?

[girldorksrule]

Holy cow. You are on quite a punny roll aren't you?

[faceless]

he certainly seems to have steaked his claim to this whole beef

[6ULDV8]

I was just Hoofing it realy...

[IRiSHMaFIA]

Oh man

[eefanincan]

Let's "moo"ve on people.... haven't we done the cow/dairy thing before or are we milking it for all it's worth????

[IRiSHMaFIA]

He sure as hell isn't going to make any moolah with the puns but atleast he's no coward at putting them out

[eefanincan]