And sheep go.....

[Elbonio]

do sheep say "baaah" or "meeehhh" ?


it sounds more like "meeehh" to me but we're taught that it's "baaaah" as children

I doubt a sheep can even pronounce the letter B tbh


what do you think?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1480000/images/_1480925_sheep300.jpg

[Baz]

baaaaaaaaah

[Elbonio]

baz have you ever even SEEN a sheep?

clearly you havent if you think sheep say baa

[Baz]

im from the westcountry
i used to live near sheepscombe

sheep go baa city boy!:p:

[lyn]

Sheep go Baaaaaaaa
Goats go Meeeeeeeeh

[Boffykins]

Agreement. I lived in Cardiff for a while, I had the noises coming from the room next to mine once or twice...

[Tsung]

Im sure there was a study and it concluded that sheep have a local dialect. Thus in some parts of the country they say Baaah, where as others say Meeehhh. You rarely get a field of sheep baah'ing and Meeeh'ing as it's a well known fact sheep are xenophobic. They stick to their local fields and rarely travel unless forced to.

[KingDaveRa]

I've heard sheep go 'buhhhhhh' before.

Its a funny noise, but I've yet to hear one actually go 'baaaahhh', like we are told as kiddy winkies.

[Nivek]

i can tell this is going to end up with someone going out and recording sheep sounds

Elbonio is right, its meeeh type thing

[Tsung]

Great Idea Kev!

Come spring (I'll be dammed if Im going to stand out in the middle of the fields in this weather), I'll head out to my local countryside and record a conversation with the sheep. That way we will know if they say Meeeh, Maah, Bahh, Beehh or whatever :)..

Maybe others can do the same?, it could be our very own Sheep Study :D

[Steadders]

Were so cool.

[Qdos]

sheep me up (http://www.koumis.com/sfx/sheep.mp3)

I think it's more of a "meh" sound....

[lyn]

That sounds like a billy goat not a sheep.

[The Jay]

They definitely go meeeehhhh!

[Nivek]

obviously it would have to be camcorded to ensure no falsification of results.

lip matching and the like

[philbert_mcpleb]

i'm saying "meeehhh" but looking at the poll, this could turn out to be another bundle/pile-on arguement

bundle btw

[Nivek]

not really, as there can be evidence produced for this

[Freelance]

indeed: http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/sheep.html

it's a dialect thing, arabic sheep go "baaa baaa", turkish sheep go "me-e-e-eh", engish sheep go "Scep blæt"

wtf

[no friends]

Lived in devon since i was 6....

baaah

[Brains-Lans]

BAHH!

[Freelance]

Originally posted by no friends
Lived in devon since i was 6....

baaah living in tavy, you're mere minutes from the moors. get a dictaphone and get proof

[Pumpkin]

moo

sheep go moo.

[Mingtea]

no that's fish.

[Optimus]

I heard a rumour that a cat in Bognor Regis suffered a bump to the head and started pretending it was a sheep...

[her0n]

Originally posted by Pumpkin
moo

sheep go moo.

...oh yes they do

[andyf]

Sheep go strangely quiet when you shout MINT SAUCE at them.

[Murray-Mint]

Have lived on a farm. It's 'Meehhhh'

[Abuse]

Originally posted by MurrayMint
Have lived on a farm. It's 'Meehhhh'
I take this as the complete proof and I demand 20 pence from everyone who has disagreed in this thread! :o :p: :D

[Dr_Dunce]

Originally posted by andyf
Sheep go strangely quiet when you shout MINT SAUCE at them.
My mother does that as well.. so mean, sheep are cool!

[Flufball]

Originally posted by Pumpkin
moo

sheep go moo.

Gah got there before me.

Have to say from living in cumbria for around 13 years its Meeeeh

[Semajal]

http://www.20six.fr/pub/nanosphere/Seagulls.jpg

clicky (http://www.geocities.com/semajal/mine.wav)

[WroawMinidisk]

Originally posted by Flufball
Gah got there before me.

Have to say from living in cumbria for around 13 years its Meeeeh


The cumbrian is right. Always.

[no friends]

I have been into the field behind me this afternoon... (without a dictaphone) they all say different... some sheep say "baaah" some say "meeeh"

I think abit of an undecided arguement here... aliens could come to us and say "what noise do they make?"
A: Hello
B: Gutentarg
C: Bonjour..."

how can you decide....

[Er00]

meeeehhhh dammit :p:

[Hg]

I should know I'm welsh!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Mamacita]

Welsh sheep bah, the rest are all inferioir so who cares.

[Cabe]

do you know what I say to tgis thread

"meh"

[TimmyNoShoes]

"Bah"

[RTO]

Originally posted by Semajal
http://www.20six.fr/pub/nanosphere/Seagulls.jpg

clicky (http://www.geocities.com/semajal/mine.wav)

ok, I'm gonna get my "mine" avatar back now... it's been too long. I'm sorry Elbonio, I was a jerk ;)

Edit: Only I've lost it... I'll have to search an old hard drive later on

[Dr_Dunce]

Originally posted by no friends
I have been into the field behind me this afternoon... (without a dictaphone) they all say different... some sheep say "baaah" some say "meeeh"

I think abit of an undecided arguement here... aliens could come to us and say "what noise do they make?"
A: Hello
B: Gutentarg
C: Bonjour..."

how can you decide....
Stupid question, it obviously depends where they come from :p
Have you ever heard of an English sheep speaking French or German?
No?
Didn't think so.

[twist]

im a wiltshiiiire lad, oooh arr and its bah :P

[Elbonio]

Originally posted by RTO
I'm sorry Elbonio, I was a jerk ;)


yes. yes you were.