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Cor love a duck: spot the difference between London and Cornish quacks
Patrick Barkham
Friday June 4, 2004
The Guardian
In a discovery that gives a new meaning to the phrase estuary English, researchers have found that ducks have regional accents.
While cockney ducks make a rough "shouting" quack so that their mates can hear them above the din of urban life, their laid-back counterparts in the west country give off a Cornish burr of a quack, rather like a "giggle".
Researchers at Middlesex University discovered the difference after recording the quacks of ducks at Spitalfields City Farm in east London, and comparing them with the more "chilled out" noises made by the ducks on a tranquil farm near Looe in Cornwall.
Victoria de Rijke, a lecturer in English, said the ducks had developed regional accents in response to their environment.
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(Much more at site...)
(Thanks to the Forteana list!)
Cor love a duck: spot the difference between London and Cornish quacks
Patrick Barkham
Friday June 4, 2004
The Guardian
In a discovery that gives a new meaning to the phrase estuary English, researchers have found that ducks have regional accents.
While cockney ducks make a rough "shouting" quack so that their mates can hear them above the din of urban life, their laid-back counterparts in the west country give off a Cornish burr of a quack, rather like a "giggle".
Researchers at Middlesex University discovered the difference after recording the quacks of ducks at Spitalfields City Farm in east London, and comparing them with the more "chilled out" noises made by the ducks on a tranquil farm near Looe in Cornwall.
Victoria de Rijke, a lecturer in English, said the ducks had developed regional accents in response to their environment.
...
(Much more at site...)
(Thanks to the Forteana list!)
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