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Birds, Grammar Skills and Noam Chomsky
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ariellowen



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PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I could be mistaken, but birds only sing one song. No matter how many parts are added into the song "in brackets" it just amounts to one word or sentence or expression. I can always remember one bird in particular: "dooo dooo, do do do do do do do do do do do." Every morning the same, every season the same....

EDIT: Oh sorry, chickadees have two songs:
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The chickadees two most well-known vocalizations are the "chick-a-dee" call and the "fee-bee" song. The song is produced mainly by males and is used to attract a mate and to defend a territory during the breeding season. The learned call is produced by both sexes throughout the year and is believed to serve a variety of functions such as raising mild alarm, maintaining contact between mates and co-ordinating flock activities.
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csvfa



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PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a totally boring article, could be titled, "Academic disagrees with study". Happens every day of the week.

It shows how desperate FOX are to Chomsky-bash as they're unable to argue with him on any of his political analysis.
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Kwangjuchicken



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Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.

PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kwangjuchicken wrote:
When I was doing my MATESOL at Indiana University, he gave a lecture there. He went on and on for an hour about how "rabbit leg" could also be called "nondetached rabbit part". After an hour of that BS, we left.



I was just thinking.

If a rabbit leg is a nondetached rabbit part,

Then if we had a rabbit that was about to pass gas,

Would Chomsky say it is "a nondetached rabbit fart"?

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