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Post by Africanewbie on Jul 19, 2005 5:30:22 GMT -7
Someone told me today that parrots mimic words with d, k and t very quickly. Does anyone know if this true? From my many personal contacts with parrots, "Hello" is the one word that most of them repeat and it contains none of those letters.
Are there words parrots tend to mimic easily?
What were the first words your bird spoke?
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Post by Jane on Jul 19, 2005 6:50:46 GMT -7
I have also read that they can mimic the hard consonants more easily. The first word that Mitzi spoke was "hello". There are some words she hears every day which she has never repeated (e.g. biscuit) but recently when we had very hot weather she suddenly started saying "hot".
Jane
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Post by ilovemytrixie on Jul 28, 2005 13:51:41 GMT -7
mine likes the letter "o"
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Post by lidiam on Jul 29, 2005 0:59:56 GMT -7
Joshua likes 'crrrr' and 'qua' sounds, but his vocabulary is fairly broad, things he has said in the last couple of days are:
"Hello darling, do you want a cup of tea?"
"It's all right"
"Say goodnight"
"Quack quack"
"Crackle"
"Chuckle"
"Tickle"
"Come here"
"Come on"
"Do you want that?"
"Is it good?"
"What?"
"Don't bite"
"No"
"Go to the loo?"
"Want to come out"
"Come to the loo"
"You're a good boy"
"You're a sweetheart"
"Big bird"
"Bird boy"
"Toast"
"It's hot"
I don't know if this helps at all!
Lidia ;D
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Post by tweetiepie on Jul 29, 2005 6:28:33 GMT -7
Wow - just a few words there Lidia.
I was gonna do a post on here and see what unsual sounds their parrot makes that amazes them. I think the cleverest sound Mylo makes (he make many many sounds...) is running water. He makes the same sound as me pouring in water into his bowl. He does it when I turn on taps, run the bath, do my hair and he has word association which is really cool. Im sure this is a common sound for them to mimick but if you dont ask - you dont know do ya !
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Post by barryrendell3858 on Aug 5, 2005 6:05:45 GMT -7
On the subject of talking parrots does anyone know of any good bird links that has downloadable phrases so i can play them to sparky to see how quick he may pick some more words up.thanks barry
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Post by tweetiepie on Aug 5, 2005 11:29:51 GMT -7
Barry,
I ordered a CD from somewhere (dont really wanna name them cos they r quite good) called Birdy Wordy specifically to play to parrots to learn but really all it was, was a CD of someone singing nursery rhymes. Ur probably be best off recording ur own tunes or even singing/whistling them yourself!! least that way, u will know the same tunes !!
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Post by lidiam on Aug 5, 2005 12:36:10 GMT -7
Ur probably be best off recording ur own tunes or even singing/whistling them yourself!! least that way, u will know the same tunes !! And your CAG will say them in YOUR voice, not someone else's. Lidia |
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Post by traci on Nov 7, 2005 21:23:01 GMT -7
Gawd i cant wait til Boo starts talking.... he's been working on Hello for what seems like forever now, in his own raspy voice he's all most got it...  ( he's 11 months old now ) |
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Post by jozi on Nov 8, 2005 8:59:56 GMT -7
BoBo has problems with any "S" sound....he tends to throw a rrrr sound in there with it. Traci - Once Boo starts there will be no stopping him! Enjoy the silence while you can ) BoBo has gone from approx. 5 words to about 125 in the past 9 months. |
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Post by spookyhurst on Nov 9, 2005 21:35:11 GMT -7
Nikko only has a few words/phrases that are crystal clear:
Hello
Good morning
Good night
Nikko
What are you doing?
I love you
You're bad
He says a lot of things where I can only understand a word or two, like:
blah blah blah food
blah blah blah good bird
blah blah blah sweetheart
I wish I knew what he was saying so that I could repeat it to him properly.
Nikko does the sound of water running too, which is pretty funny. This morning, when my mom was sneezing, he said, "Ah choo" for the first time. I also love his laugh, but he doesn't do that very much.
His current favorite is to wolf whistle.
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Post by Deneen on Nov 10, 2005 10:31:08 GMT -7
Here is Rosebud list.....
Hey, what are you doing, What, What are you doing Sweetie, Bud, Bud, Bud, Buddy Bird, What's Up, How are you doing, goin to the gym, Yo, yo, yo, Hey Sunshine, Hello Buddy, Hello Precious, I love you, He Po, Po, Are you alright, Are you feeling O.K., No biting, Shut up, Hi Sweetie, Hey Sweeters, Hey you, I love you sooooo much, I'm going to get you, Hey no biting Sweetie, You are spoiled, Sings, you are my sunshine, Ya hear me, HAHAHAH, Gimme a kiss, Gotta go to work, Come here, I'm gonna get your belly, Its, the weekend, Dont gotta go to work, Isn't that great news, Wanna go outside, What are you talking about, be gentle, Guess What, Your are such a silly bird, Whoooo, Wow, You are a silly goose, Want some grapes, You are my Sunshine, You are in trouble, no screaming, Want some breakfast bud bird, Want some Cheerios, Poop Poop, Stinky bird, Christmas tree, Christmas Tree, Grape Gracious... Since she came to me she says like one of those a week and seems to stick to it for a while then I hear something different.... She just started a week ago say Dee which we have been working on daily since August.... She is a trip and the love of my life.... She has been playing catch and says WOW... When you throw it too her....
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hana
Weaned Todd
Susu
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Post by hana on Nov 10, 2005 16:27:07 GMT -7
ohhhhh im sooo jealous, Susu doesn't have such an impressive vocab!!  But i suppose the interesting thing is that he is bilingual lol This is what he's says: My name- and he's been saying it for 26 years, even when i was away from him for 15 of those years he continued to call me.. (we're the same age and have baby pics together that are so cute!) Feminine hello, masculine hello and deep Arabic hello Susu come here Susu no! no! laa! laa! (laa=no in arabic) Susuuuuuuu taal (taal=come here in arabic) Oh God (he says this to EVERYONE who passes by him at night) Shuuuuusshh (whenever i sing  ) |
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hana
Weaned Todd
Susu
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Post by hana on Nov 10, 2005 16:44:40 GMT -7
ahhh i had a huge list and posted half of what i was writing!!
continuing on...
In the morning i have toast and coffee so whenever i pick up my mug susu tilts his head and makes sip noises and makes the sound of the mug being placed on the table; then picks his feet and 'eats' toast with me by putting his feet to his beak and making crunching noises, and then 'drinks' coffee again lol
'Oh God' whenever anyone passes him at night
Imitates water flowing, bleching lol, whenever im in the kitchen cooking he'll mimick all the noises before i even engage in the activity, eg make a mixing noise before i put the spoon in the pot)
Smoke alarm
When i say bye to him before i leave the house he mimicks my purse zipper 'zzeeepp zeeep'.
He can sing the overture in Phantom of the Opera
Kisses
'hello, hello? hello?? oh hiiiii!!!' Imitating me while i talk long distance with a bad line
'Hmmm' whenever he sees me eat
'ahhh' (wisdom) 'ahhhh' (pleasure-dont ask LOL)
Devilish laugh/mens laugh/womens laugh
Baby crying sounds and then 'says 'ohhhh nooo'
Mumbles a whole conversation which sounds arabic but I cant make out what he's saying...oh and then he'll laugh at the end of the conversation.
Oh i think thats all... that is quite a bit! He makes more sounds that talks..which is cute as well! ohh i love him soo much
hana
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Post by spookyhurst on Nov 10, 2005 19:09:54 GMT -7
Actually, I think the imitation of sounds is just as good as talking. Susu sounds like a hoot  . I love his imitation of you eating breakfast. |
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( he's 11 months old now )
But i suppose the interesting thing is that he is bilingual lol This is what he's says:
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. I love his imitation of you eating breakfast.