Do French Cows Moo?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:26pm

The French believe that their cows "meu."

Do you think location matters, such that cows in Normandy or Quebec would "meu" and cows in Devonshire and Connecticutt "moo?"

Can cows, like Siamese cats, be bred for vocalization? Is it training or technique? A French conspiracy?

Serious discussion only.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:30pm

Ask harris, our resident bovine connoisseur.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:31pm

Da*nit SM2- that's what I was going to say.

Updated On: 11/18/06 at 08:31 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:31pm

This is a matter of global interest.

International communication.

[Mamie]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:39pm

International commooonication

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:41pm

I forgot about you, Mamie. Didn't you once give us a lesson on cow sex?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:44pm

Serious discussion only.

No bovine lewdity.

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:46pm

Cow dialect is a very serious issue.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:47pm

Off Topical.

[bbabe24]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:51pm

I don't think that cows are the most intelligent of creatures, so I say that training them to do anything significant would be difficult.

In regard to bovine vocalizations, I think that the country in which the cows reside has nothing to do with the pronunciation of their "moos". However, it has been proven that many mammals, such as whales and cats, have a series of distict vocalizations which serve as communication signals among their species. Although we cannot make similar correlations about cow "moos" without further study, we can nevertheless predict that cows also possess their own cow "language" in some form or another.

Now, all this being said, please moo with me. Thank you.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 8:58pm

You and wickedwitchofthechest, whom I greatly miss, seem like-minded, bbabe24.

I would do as you ask, but I can't make up my mind whether a "moo" or a "meu" is most appropriate.

It is not fear that holds me back, as your signature warns against. Merely momentary indecision pending further devoted evaluation of the issue.

[bbabe24]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 9:05pm

nomdeplume, take your time. No need to rush into a hasty decision which you may later regret.

That being said, I suggest that you express your "moo" in any which way you feel most comfortable. You have that right. This is America, after all. The first amendment dictates it.

[Mamie]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 9:09pm

I take my cows very seriously.

I do believe they have a way of communicating with each other - but whether a French cow can communicate with a Jersey (if you'll excuse the bovine pun) is unknown. I have seen a cow call out a 'moo' from one side of a field and be answered by her calf on the other side. Whether this is actual speaking or just the calf recognizing it's mother's 'voice' is something only they (the cows) could tell you.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 9:40pm

Well... roosters in english say cock-a-doodle-doo and in spanish they say ki-kiri-ki.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 9:43pm

I thought it was kiri-kiri-kiri?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 9:47pm

I find this to be a very mooving experience. Unfortunately, since some people are really milking this, it has become udderly ridiculous

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 10:13pm

Well said, Mr Roxy.

bbabe24 has me pondering whether the first Amendment should apply as well to cows.

They are from nature, but are they a natural person?

to meu or to moo--
what's one to do?

[Phantom2]

Posted: 11/18/06 at 11:53pm

nom- PM me pronto!

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 12:14am

I was just reading the thread about good/bad stagedoor experiences and there was a comment about how apparently Frenchie Davis goes to the gym. So when I read the title of this thread, I thought it said, "Does Frenchie moo?" and I thought "this is sooooo wrong... but in the best possible way."

[Elphaba]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 10:07am

UND, if you are a German Kuh..........you say....

"Vee haf vays uf making you Moo!"

[harris007]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 10:37am

he he i love this thread

Posted: 11/19/06 at 11:01am

"to meu or to moo--
what's one to do?"

Well I suppose that highly depends on what country you are currently in.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 11:48am

....some varm, milk, perhaps?

[harris007]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 11:59am

oveltine?????????/

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 1:22pm

Moovies or cinemeu?