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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: 7 Words That Dogs Can Understand (And 4 That No Dog Can) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:18:12 -0600 Organization: Sedimentary Lines: 30 Message-ID: <vqclck$32cpu$2@dont-email.me> References: <5m79sj1m031j62v551rdjv9i17t4d1g85h@4ax.com> <vq3n4e$18d37$1@dont-email.me> <vqcff4$31e17$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:18:13 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0354b86e90b4f3df2daef363ac3410b8"; logging-data="3224382"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19irxaSO2gd/bul86am6+XdduP11niSlTo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:UsSUW1tdYWdyrw+F1aJFqP1UWow= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: <vqcff4$31e17$1@dont-email.me> On 2025-03-06 09:37, Cryptoengineer wrote: > On 3/3/2025 2:52 AM, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote: >> Judith Latham wrote: >> >>> A dog can understand 7 words. >> >> There is a dog that understands about thousand different names for toy >> puppets of all kinds. Ask for e.g. "Mary" and the dog will pick the >> right puppet from a pile. Add a new puppet to the pile and ask for a >> hitherto unknown name, and the dog will fetch the new puppet. >> >>> How many barks does a human understand? >> >> Those who have a dog will understand several but I have no idea how >> many. >> > That's Chaser, a Border Collie who's memorized the names of over > 1000 stuffed toys, and can pick them out of a heap correctly. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omaHv5sxiFI > > Note that he was recognizing single words, not grammar. Slightly off topic... <https://imgur.com/gallery/come-on-dont-give-me-puppy-dog-eyes-xlyKG> -- Why experiment on animals with so many politicians out there?