Re: CHAT: learning to read
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 18, 1999, 13:53 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> LOL! What sound *does* a giraffe make, anyhoo?
They don't. No working vocal chords.
It makes sense, really. If you can't make a noise, predators
are less likely to find you; giraffes have a nearly unmatched
view of their surroundings, so they have little need to communicate
vocally.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)