LL-L: "Interspecies Lowlandic" LOWLANDS-L, 24.SEP.2000 (03) [E]

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From: john feather [johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk]
Subject: Interspecies Lowlandic

When we discussed this topic I wrote:

>.. dogs speak different languages, like their owners ...  English dogs say

"bow-wow". Swedish dogs say "vov-vov". What do dogs of other Lowland
ethnicities say?<

Sadly, nobody replied, but this turns out to be a serious matter. My
Classical Greek textbook says: "Dogs say 'au [alpha upsilon] au' and sheep
say 'beh [beta eta] beh'. This is part of the evidence for the
pronunciation
of vowel sounds in the 5th century BC."

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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