@terminalimpala @actuallyautistic
Oh yeah, totally. It’s part of our egalitarian approach to status and hierarchy. Crows and dogs and cats and chickens are all people who just don’t speak our language, and afaict they usually appreciate our lame attempts to speak theirs.
Or as in your example, to speak ours at them unfiltered and vice versa, like Han Solo’s bilingual conversations with Chewbacca or Greedo or Jabba.
@neuralex @terminalimpala@me.dm @actuallyautistic
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I talk to my dogs, and my parrot, sometimes in English, sometimes in canine/whistling. It's 50/50 which is more effective.
The parrot clearly understands intent, if not every word.
"You want to go upstairs and get some sleep?" A beak bump is yes, preening is no. When I head indoors, she anticipates the direction, with her wings spread and an occasional flap, until we're at her sleep closet door.
