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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 1 of 8 27 May 2011 at 12:20am | IP Logged | ||
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How Nazi Scientists Tried to Create an Army of Talking Dogs
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| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5547 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 8 27 May 2011 at 10:46am | IP Logged | ||
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I think there are some people on here who speak Alsation.
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| etracher Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 5334 days ago 92 posts - 180 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: Modern Hebrew, Russian, Latvian | Message 3 of 8 27 May 2011 at 6:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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The article says "An Airedale terrier named Rolf became a mythic figure of the project after teachers said he could spell by tapping his paw on a board (the number of taps represented the various letters of the alphabet). With that skill in hand, he mused on religion, learned foreign languages and even asked a noblewoman, "Can you wag your tail?" Perhaps most outlandish is the claim by his German masters that he asked to serve in the German army because he disliked the French."
They must have got ahold of Rolf before his critical learning period ended. The real question that everyone wants to know on this forum, however, is "How well could he speak those foreign languages he claimed to know, and was he able to lose his Airedale accent?" Edited by etracher on 27 May 2011 at 6:03pm 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6865 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 4 of 8 29 May 2011 at 9:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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How many words of dog do you need to know to be fluent?
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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 5 of 8 30 May 2011 at 6:54am | IP Logged | ||
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Do you need something exact, or will you settle for a woof number?
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| smallwhite Pentaglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5308 days ago 537 posts - 1045 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin, French, Spanish | Message 6 of 8 30 May 2011 at 7:29am | IP Logged | ||
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But of course the Nazi scientists failed with their dogs. German is level 3 on the FSI scale.
Look how the Spanish scientists succeeded with their cats. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6379 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 8 30 May 2011 at 9:31am | IP Logged | ||
No need to be exact, I just need a ruff estimate. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6865 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 8 of 8 30 May 2011 at 2:16pm | IP Logged | ||
With them being German dogs, were the woofs subject to noun declension? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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