• karashta@piefed.social
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    5 months ago

    Any human language…

    Does this mean I know Proto-Indo-European, too? Or only currently living languages? Or only languages we have written representations of?

  • MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    There was a gorilla that learned sign language. It learned hundreds/thousands (?) of words.

    …once you got past the initial cool/cute/fun factor, conversation was about as stimulating speaking to a toddler.

    Animals? Cool but likely useless.

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      5 months ago

      I just want to talk to my tiger cat for 5 minutes so I can convince him to wear kitty socks in the winter, he’d be warmer and less grumpy. He likes to “tent” in these months, and his little baby feet are always so cold!

  • Secret Music 🎵 [they/them]@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    Ooh this is a fun question. I would definitely go for speaking to animals. Human languages can be learnt with study in the real world but speaking to animals on more than just a basic level is magical or super powers type shit.

    I get visions of living in a cabin in the woods chatting with my bird and squirrel and fox friends. And developing an understanding with the local bear to watch each other’s backs.

    Or raising armies to help with the uprising.

  • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    If I’m able to speak cat, does that mean my cats will actually listen to me? or will they just stare blankly at me and stick their tongue out when I ask them to get out of my bedroom?

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    5 months ago

    Flawed question. Humans are animals and all animals speak the language of “fuck!”.

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    5 months ago

    While some of the more intelligent animals could be interesting to see just how far they could go, most animals are going to mostly be vocalizing for the purposes of procreation. The wonderful sounds of the forest are millions of bugs and animals screaming, “hey, wanna fuck?” as loud as possible. Other vocalizations will be similarly utilitarian like, “look out, predator”, “holy fuck this hurts” or “back off!” Not exactly stimulating conversation.

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    5 months ago

    Human language. Then I could watch undubbed Anime and stuff again because I can’t read too much.