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   Andy Hall to adamwadsworth@blueyonder.co.uk   
   Re: sheepdog commands in Irish or Scots    
   08 Jul 07 21:23:41   
   
   XPost: uk.local.scot-highlands, uk.rec.pets.misc, ie.general   
   XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: andyh@hall.nospam   
      
   On 2007-07-08 19:46:42 +0100, "ARWadsworth"   
    said:   
      
   >   
   > "Owain"  wrote in message   
   > news:1183899350.32034.2@proxy01.news.clara.net...   
   >> Ann an sgriobhainn, ,   
   >> sgriobh Féachadóir   
   >>> Scríobh "TJY" :   
   >>>> Do you know any sheep dogs that understand Gaelic?   
   >>> My brother-in-law's father bought a dog a few years ago, perfect   
   >>> breeding, but it wouldn't work, so he took it back to the trainer, who   
   >>> told him the dog spoke Irish. Sure enough, once given commands As   
   >>> Gaeilge, the dog performed as you'd expect from his pedigree.   
   >>   
   >> I once knew a cat that spoke Welsh, and wouldn't respond to English.   
   >>   
   >> Owain   
   >   
   > My ex wife is from Slovakia and on one trip to Slovakia she spoke to   
   > her Mum's dog in English and wondered why it would not sit. She had no   
   > idea what she had done.   
   >   
   > I also know a Welshman that speaks English perfectly well and will not   
   > respond to English.   
   >   
   > Adam   
      
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