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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Sept 16, 2015 18:18:21 GMT -5
I am very careful to refer to Mr P as Mr P, when I am speaking about him to someone else, or on a forum etc. I call him that to others because I'd like him to have the respect he deserves. At home, however, when we are alone, I call him by his real name  Last week, Mr P started saying "Piggy piggy piggy" which is exactly what I say to him. It isn't real clear yet so I can get away with denying I call him that for a few more weeks. Mr P has always been exceptional at using words in context and even though he doesnt speak as much as some of the other quakers, when he says something, it's always apparent that he knows what he is saying. So, of course, when does he say "Piggy piggy piggy"? When I walk into the room, naturally, because that is what I say to him when I enter the room he is in. Karma is a b*tch |
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Sept 16, 2015 19:24:39 GMT -5
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Post by aaron on Sept 16, 2015 19:24:39 GMT -5
LOL that's pretty funny  . Whole family had a good laugh at that one. I am jealous of Mr P's contextual word usage at any rate! Our little smarty pants seems to feel no need to bother to speak our language . |
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Sept 16, 2015 21:03:08 GMT -5
Post by Jan and Shah on Sept 16, 2015 21:03:08 GMT -5
Shah says "stop it" cos that is what I say to him. He tells the cockatiels to "stop it" if they are annoying him. He does say his name which is pretty good. I have been teaching him "good morning" every day for nearly 11 years and I have never heard him say it. I have also been whistling Jingle Bells to him for the same amount of time and the best he can do is to whistle it in one note.
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Sept 16, 2015 21:17:43 GMT -5
I have been trying to teach Mr P to say "I love you" for almost 2 years now. He will actually move his beak and "mouth" the words with me, but he never says them out loud. He will make the little kissy noise that I do after saying I love you, but he has yet to say the words.
He likes to hear it, he won't hop off my arm in the morning when I go to get him until we do this entire routine, ending with me saying "I love you" many times until his lust for his birdie bread wins out and he wants to go to his playstand so he can eat his breakfast.
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Sept 16, 2015 21:21:32 GMT -5
Post by Jan and Shah on Sept 16, 2015 21:21:32 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I forgot the "I love you" which I say to Shah every morning and every night. Sometimes if I am home from work, I hear him practicing his words - some are a bit scrambled, but am yet to hear "I love you" clearly. Pippin is now being referred to as "Monkey Breath" and not "Pippin" anymore  |
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Sept 16, 2015 21:25:15 GMT -5
Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Sept 16, 2015 21:25:15 GMT -5
LOL the Monkey breath thing makes me laugh every time I hear you mention it!
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Sept 17, 2015 14:47:38 GMT -5
Post by julianna on Sept 17, 2015 14:47:38 GMT -5
Me too Sharyn. I love the monkey breath... like??? who says that?? what does a monkey's breath smell like?? lol lol
Oscar's talking is very good except he prefers to do it alone.... duhhhhh. What fun is that? Oh well... maybe when he turns 14 or something.. lol
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Post by cnyguy on Sept 17, 2015 20:03:28 GMT -5
I tried for over 40 years to get George the YCA to say "good night" at bedtime, and he never would. But he did learn to say "What a slob!" from hearing me make that remark when cleaning around his cage.  And one of the first things Ralph repeated (and still often says) is "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!" because I always tell him that when he squawks for my attention and I'm busy with something else. We're still working on "thank you," which should certainly be in the vocabulary of a Gentleman Quaker, but all I get so far is a head bob when I try to get him to say that. |
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Post by bruce on Sept 18, 2015 0:15:13 GMT -5
QPs are scary smart sometimes. Chuckie has picked up "too hot" for food fresh from microwave, at least when I say it is too hot for a bird, he stops screeching for the food. Karma is interesting; many years ago, my Mother was on one of her endless gossip calls, and Chuckie had a tantrum, got out of his house, flew over to my Mother, called her a really bad word, and flew back to his cage. At least his favorite "swear" word is clean, he likes to stomp around the cage if he doesn't think I have been attentive enough saying "Eople, Eople, Eople" - for some reason he just can't get the hang of words that start with "p". Most of my friends have a very hard time deciphering his words, I translate when appropriate, and just smile when it isn't.
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Post by biteybird on Sept 18, 2015 6:19:19 GMT -5
Oh, this whole thread has me in stitches because every post has something we're familiar with, from just our one QP! Bonnie says 'goodnight' but not 'good morning'. She hisses and mouths the words 'I love you'. She knows what 'wait' means (I deposit her on the window sill at the back door before I go outside and she waits without trying to fly outside). When I get home from work I walk up to hubby and say 'I love you', followed by a kiss - only to hear an exceptionally well-timed kiss noise from Bonnie (cheeky girl) at the same time. I would love her to learn 'Monkey Breath', but I'm sure she'd only say it if nobody was there - like Oscar, she reserves her vocal practice for a non-audience. |
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Post by siobhan on Sept 18, 2015 13:52:58 GMT -5
My favorite thing is that when I'm sweeping and mopping and cleaning in general in the birds' room, Jade will say "What is the point? WHAT is the POINT? What is the (expletive deleted) POINT?  " until I'm howling. No, I didn't teach her that. She knew it when she joined the family, but she trots that out when I'm cleaning and saying things to them like "You guys are so MESSY! Maggie, why can't you poop on your PAPER? That's what it's for! Do you HAVE to fling food all over the room? Do you know how wasteful that is?" and so on. Some days I say stuff like that just to get Jade to start yelling "What is the POINT???" and some days I really wish they'd tell me why they can't be a little neater. Jade heard a lot of arguing at her former home, I assume, from things she says, and that sentence is part of a much longer group of things she says when she's repeating the whole argument, but she only says that one line when I'm cleaning and I don't doubt for one second that she knows precisely what she's saying and chose it on purpose. Because there isn't much point. By the time I put the mop away and sit down and look back, it's just as much a mess as if I hadn't done a thing. |
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Post by Sharyn and Mr P on Sept 18, 2015 14:27:55 GMT -5
BAck on the saying words in context...Mr P uses the phrase "damnit" in precisely the right context every single time. Of course, rather than correct him or ignore him, and as often as I've heard him say it, I still laugh.
I have a 20 month grandson now that comes to visit and is at the age where he mimics everything he hears. When he hears Mr P talk or squawk, he repeats the noise or word. I have heard the two of them repeat the word "baby" back and forth easily 10 times (Mr P calls my grandson "baby"). When you ask my grandson what the birdy says, he will do a very good job at mimicking the quaker squawk.
So, yeah, you all have guessed where this is going..last time my grandson was hear, something outside the window startled Mr P and he sorta lost his balance and was flapping around trying to not fall off his playstand. Of course, after he caught himself, he said in his MOST DISGUSTED tone of voice, DAMN IT. So, we are sitting at the table for dinner that night, and I ask my grandson, What does the birdie say? thinking he is going to make the squawk noise. Instead my little 20 month angel says DAMN IT!
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Sept 18, 2015 15:17:44 GMT -5
Post by siobhan on Sept 18, 2015 15:17:44 GMT -5
Clyde says that, too, and always in context. We don't have any little kids around, but we do have a friend's daughter who spends a lot of time with us (she's 13 now, but Hubby taught her to play guitar starting when she was 10 and she's good enough that she plays in our band with us) and the first time she heard Clyde say "dammit" she started laughing and asked me if she'd really heard him right. Yes. Yes, you did. (She is only allowed to use cuss words if they're part of the lyrics of a song she's singing)
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. Whole family had a good laugh at that one. I am jealous of Mr P's contextual word usage at any rate! Our little smarty pants seems to feel no need to bother to speak our language 
And one of the first things Ralph repeated (and still often says) is "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!" because I always tell him that when he squawks for my attention and I'm busy with something else. We're still working on "thank you," which should certainly be in the vocabulary of a Gentleman Quaker, but all I get so far is a head bob when I try to get him to say that. 
" until I'm howling. No, I didn't teach her that. She knew it when she joined the family, but she trots that out when I'm cleaning and saying things to them like "You guys are so MESSY! Maggie, why can't you poop on your PAPER? That's what it's for! Do you HAVE to fling food all over the room? Do you know how wasteful that is?" and so on. Some days I say stuff like that just to get Jade to start yelling "What is the POINT???" and some days I really wish they'd tell me why they can't be a little neater. Jade heard a lot of arguing at her former home, I assume, from things she says, and that sentence is part of a much longer group of things she says when she's repeating the whole argument, but she only says that one line when I'm cleaning and I don't doubt for one second that she knows precisely what she's saying and chose it on purpose. Because there isn't much point. By the time I put the mop away and sit down and look back, it's just as much a mess as if I hadn't done a thing.