02.05.05

Dr. Doolittle Strikes Again

Posted in Animal Communication, General, Rabbits at 1:03 am by Mithridates

Lagomorphese, or bunny speak, to use the scientific term.

Once again, Ethnologue is caught napping.

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Groundhogese

Posted in Animal Communication, General at 12:02 am by Mithridates

As this site was (re-)started on Groundhog Day, 2005, a woodchuck-themed post might not be out of order.

• The Punxsatawney Groundhog Club offers information about groundhogs, focusing on Phil, the resident forecaster. They reveal that he relates his predictions in a language known as Groundhogese - sadly, not represented in Ethnologue.
• Punxsatawney is “the town of the sandflies” - etymology in a future post.
• In Abenaki, the woodchuck is known as akaskw; in Menomini, he is akuah. Hopefully, more languages to follow.
• The Complete Groundhogese Dictionary

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