Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Washoe died (30/10/2007) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:00:18 +0000 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <87zfmln11p.fsf@parhasard.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net n9u6lU/JM0TBAz/6kGncEAzgW0RaWhJgw6N6c/F3jotf+Uz9Bb Cancel-Lock: sha1:qKtzdUz6mKmVqntKMeDX6Ct32SQ= sha1:I/3xKWM+4t5jOKR/XIHZt4lkDSA= sha256:my61NZGohr6tHDcQhAuS46GlhMo+MlXFb4AxIlyFsrw= User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b35 (Linux-aarch64) Bytes: 1387 Ar an t-aonú lá is triochad de mí Deireadh Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark: > [...] See Wiki for much more detail and references to related projects, bioethics > issues, and the continuing skepticism of some linguists about the whole > thing. I think we have learned that apes can do more language than we thought, > but not as much as we can. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washoe_(chimpanzee) Fascinating episode that I hadn’t been aware of, thanks for posting it. -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)