guys..... i'm getting more & more extrainious characters in emails i get from this list. it duznt happen with anyone else. all kinds of weird stuff like =20 & =93 etc., etc..... i'm visually empaired & i use a screen reader. (my computer reads 2 me alloud.) so it gets very confusing, hearing stuff like, hello=20 I=59 would just like=98 to say=20 that i haven't=10 put=93 2=77 & =55 2 =19 together=20! reading it visually may allow u 2 quickly skip over all the meaningless stuff but wen yor listening 2 the text, it get very confusing. Anybody no wat 2 do about this? >From: Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: May I please have a SCOOBY-SNACK? >Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:09:53 -1000 > >Great email! > >At 05:17 AM 12/2/2005, you wrote: > >its bin documented that non-human animals hav ways of communicating with > >eachother. even chickens hav actual words, (I guess, scientists call >them > >=93calls=94), for all the different preditors. so, in affect, a chicken= > can > >say, =93IN COMING!=94 > > > >dogs hav dun a much better job of learning OUR language than we have, > >theirs! & actually, I 4got the =93words=94 I learned! they hav >=93grammer= >=94 I > >guess! they never use certain words next to others=85 I only know the= > =93let=92s > >play=94 posture. & I guess every1 knows wat exposing yor belly means=85 >= > but I > >don=92t remember the doggie sounds. > > > >for CATS, =93meow=94 is also a word, with meaning. suposedly it means, >=93= >I wanna > >b yor friend, but don=92t hurt me.=94 =93MEE,=94 of course, means, =93I= > wanna b > >friends.=94 & =93ow=94 naturally means, =93but u won=92t hurt me, will >u? = > cause if u > >do, I=92m letting u no that I=92ll defend myself.=94 > > > >we probly recognize som language of higher animals, unconsciously. we >all > >no wat a growl or a hiss means. we no wen a dog is saying =93=94why u > >bleerer-bleepin=92 no good so & so!=94 We use the exact same inflection= > wen > >we=92re getting=92 ready to take a bite outta somebody=92s GOOGLE-GOGGLE! >= > & 4 us, > >a sound like =93ow,=94 is also associated with getting hurt! (=93mee=94 >is= > a more > >friendly sound.) > >weev long considered other anamals2 b, I guess, 1 step above=85=85. car= > parts? > >:) > > > >BIRDS can think & reason. they can even speak 2 us in ENGLISH, &= > understand > >wat they=92re saying. they no their COLORS, SHAPES, & TEXTURSE, they can > >COUNT & use =93complex=94 logic wen MAKING TOOLS. > > > >& of course, chimpanzees can b taught human sign language. > > > >hav u guys herd of COCOA the golilla? wen cocoa=92s pet cat died, she= > cried > >all night. wen a stranger did something that upset her, she went & hid > >behind a curtain=85.. wen her =93teacher=94 asked wat was wrong, cocoa= > signed, =93I > >wanted to bite him.=94 but cocoa didn=92t bite anyone. do these >=93people= >=94 sound > >like > >=93car parts=94 to u? :) > > > >even I, am still amazed wen I see a pussycat open the bathroom door, (by > >jumping up & turning the knob,=94 & goin in & turning on the water & >taking= > a > >drink! I can=92t help it! om just a STOOPID human! :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> > > >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy > > >Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:33:54 -0500 > > > > > > I really believe dogs have a way of talking to eachother > > > > > >Once when we were visiting Janet's parents, and I was walking him, >there > > >was > > >this HUGE dog behind a four foot chain-link fence that started barking= > and > > >snarling, and Carhartt got between me and the other dog, and barked,= > which > > >he > > >rarely does. The other dog's "bark must have been worse than his >bite," > > >because > > >he stopped barking, and went back by the house.=3D20