Re: The Origins of Zürich...

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Heidi wrote:
"Moo" is a word! ;-)

Paul wrote:
Then, is it a noun or verb, or what is it?

Heidi wrote:
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary claims
moo vb. to make the natural throat noise of a cow ---- moo n.
moo can be used as a verb or a noun.

Paul wrote:
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary claiming it isn't that surprising,
but you using MWD to identify which baby gurgles are words
and which are not is frankly........ insane?
E.g. "U menya pustaya golova"

Heidi had written:
Listen up, Paul: I am sounding out "U menya pustaya golova." I have
absolutely no idea what this means.
I'm just gurgling out these things.
Does that mean those words have no meaning? *You* know the meaning of
the
above sentence.

Paul wrote:
I gave you an English version already.

"Bingo!" *You,* an outside source from me, had to provide the meaning for
those sounds I made.

Heidi wrote:
I don't [the meaning], but I can sound them out.

Paul wrote:
You are joking of course. I am absolutely sure
that you couldn't possibly do that without any instruction
in Russian.

Yes, *YOU*...a someone other than me, had to instruct me about what those
sounds I made *mean.*

When my son sounded out, "Moo!" I recognized it as a word.

At that moment, you may have recognized it
as something you decided to call a "word".
You did not recognize it as anything I'd call a "word".

That wouldn't matter much, except when you talk to me and
others about the "word 'moo'" refering to your baby's gurgle
then we are not communicating, which I still presume was the
purpose of your post.

Cows say, "Moo."

Cows don't talk, they low.
And when do, they still don't low or moo any words.

I show a picture of a cow, point to it, and say, "Moo." In this
manner the baby is instructed to relate the sound "Moo" to this object
featured in the picture. *I* as that outside source, provided a meaning to
that sound. I instructed the baby by showing him what that sound is related
to.

And just as I gurgled out "U menya pustaya golova." *YOU* had to provide me
with a meaning for those sounds I made.

Understand ye, or what?

Yeah, well.... yeah.
You still haven't told us whether "Moo" is a noun, verb, adjective, or what.
pjk


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