Monkeys recognise 'bad grammar'

[dipsydoodle]

Studies on monkeys have revealed clues about the evolution of language.

In the journal Biology Letters, researchers said that cotton-top tamarins are able to spot if the order of syllables in a word is "wrong".

They familiarised the monkeys with two-syllable terms, and recorded their reaction to words that were not consistent with that syllable pattern.

The team says the work illustrates how many animals use patterns that have become intrinsic to human language.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8139322.stm

Do you think freepers will use this to help substantiate that Monkeyboy couldn't be a chimp after all. :shrug:

[SoxFan]

1. Which places them above the typical Freeper

[alsame]

8. DUzy!!! nt

[YOY]

2. This is SERIES!

n/t

[mmonk]

3. Have any tapped you on the shoulder?

recognize

[Obamanaut]

7. also 'familiarized' nt

[dipsydoodle]

10. Only American monkeys.

Incase you hadn't noticed link is to the British Broadcasting Corporation : hence conventional English spelling of recognise.

[zbdent]

4. that explains all the primates slapping their foreheads when

Bush appeared on their TVs ...

[omega minimo]

11. he sent mexed missages.

[bullwinkle428]

5. The jokes really do write themselves, I tells ya!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Javaman]

6. ex-pResident bush* states...

"this here, thing, is goodly stuff of researching is made proud of"

After which, a monkey from the audience, walked up and slapped the ex-pResident*.

[KansDem]

9. If I recall correctly, that was the incident when the monkey in the audience...

...jumped up and shouted, "I wish I wore shoes!"