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- From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr)
- Subject: Re: lemur language, part I
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.040936.16532@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 04:09:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.070339.11878@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mr. Furr) writes:
- >This is a discussion between several experts in the Lemur field on the
- >subject of Lemur language.
- >
- >G. Shapiro: "So what kind of sounds do lemurs make? Given their
- >appearance, I would guess a kind of whimper, but my source says they go
- >"Whooooooo! Whooooooo!" (I think she made it up)"
- >
- >T. McDonald: "Seriously now, I know what sound a cow makes. I know what
- >sound a frog makes. What sound does a lemur make?"
- >
- >C. Karluk: "boink?"
- >
- >J. Furr: "I've always pictured it as "cheep cheep.""
- >
- >J. Cook: "The sound a lemur makes... "frink!""
- >
- >J. Furr: ""frink!"? Did you get that from an encyclopedia?"
- >
- >J. Cook: "yea."
- >
- >R. Davis, coming in late and answering original question: "The same sound
- >any other lemur would make."
- >
- >C. Karluk, getting back to this "frink" thing: "And what kind of sound,
- >exactly, is "frink"??? What sound is it similar to?"
- >
- >T. Monaghan: "Well, "freenk", "fraenk", and "frynk" are close with
- >"froenk" and "ptang" nearby."
- >
- >J. Cook: "I think "frink" is kind of a high pitched squeak with a DEFINITE
- >K at the end. "ptang" is the Lemur battle cry."
- >
- >J. Winter: "squonk."
- >
- >T. McDonald: "I wasn't aware that Lemur lips could form the "p" sound."
- >
- >J. Cook: "Well, it's a real primitive sounding "p" sound."
- >
- >V. Kochenderfer: "Moooooo! Oops, wait a minute, wrong discussion."
- >
- >
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