Research in London is pointing to the accent of farmers having an affect on how their cows moo. The research said that the cows pick up the accent of their owners and put it to work in their own cow language. This could be related to how we talk based on who we are around. In class we have learned how language changes over time and how one thing being said wrong can make a totally new word. I don’t think very many people walk around thinking about how a cow moo’s, but it’s not so farfetched as to think that they could differ based on the country where they were raised. Potentially if a farmer draws out his word, perhaps the cow would lengthen the moo sound. This would just be a conditioned response because over time the cow learned what the farmer was saying and what he did after saying that. If you think about it, dogs do this in a way. You can train them, but they don’t react just to what you trained them. They know things by what you say and repeatedly do. They will become conditioned if you repeatedly ask them if they want dinner and go to the can and dish out their food. The way you say dinner rings a bell in their head, and they remember what happened the previous 20 times that you said that. In the same way, cows could react and moo based on the sounds that they hear from their owners. I don’t do a lot of traveling, but if I’m ever in the country in London, I’m going to have to listen for cows and see if there might be a difference.
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