Comments on: Hello, Baby http://blog.belm.com/2009/09/21/hello-baby/ Random spurious persiflage Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://blog.belm.com/2009/09/21/hello-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-547 David Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:09:37 +0000 http://blog.belm.com/?p=2276#comment-547 But would it work for a Norwegian Blue? My Dad's childhod parakeet would swear "Merde!" if you got to close to the cage. His French grandmother's room was near the cage stand, which she would invariably bump into and curse at. Repetition and a triggering event, just like with Alex. But would it work for a Norwegian Blue?

My Dad’s childhod parakeet would swear “Merde!” if you got to close to the cage. His French grandmother’s room was near the cage stand, which she would invariably bump into and curse at. Repetition and a triggering event, just like with Alex.

]]> By: Colin Summers http://blog.belm.com/2009/09/21/hello-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Colin Summers Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:55:44 +0000 http://blog.belm.com/?p=2276#comment-546 We had one of those records and tried it with no success on our Red-headed Amazon parrot. I think by the time we got the African Grey we had given up. Nevertheless, Hazelhurst (the grey) learned to say, "Hello," in the deep, terse way my stepfather answered the phone. So, many fewer repetitions, but maybe they were contextually more meaningful (movement in the house, he would soon see Alex after the call) and it took. We had one of those records and tried it with no success on our Red-headed Amazon parrot. I think by the time we got the African Grey we had given up. Nevertheless, Hazelhurst (the grey) learned to say, “Hello,” in the deep, terse way my stepfather answered the phone.

So, many fewer repetitions, but maybe they were contextually more meaningful (movement in the house, he would soon see Alex after the call) and it took.

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