The Vocabulary Thread

[madparrotwoman]

My sweet Beau has learned a new word today "biscuit" and I just know I'm gonna be hearing this until I'm on the verge of insanity lol. This made me think it'd be fun to start a vocab thread, so please post your parrot's age, species and vocab and sounds too - for my (and everyone else's)entertainment. I'll go first.

Beau my CAG is now 23 months old.
Words/phrases:

Biscuit (how could I forget)
Breakfast time
Kiss kiss
What d'ya you do that for???
Bye! or byebye (depending who he is copying)
Hello
Hello Bobo
Come on then
Come on Argyle
Want scritch?
Good boy
Good bird
What a good boy!
What a bird!
Yes you are
Toast
Kiss, kiss
Dance Beau (whilse bobbing his head up and down)
Jordan!
Ouch!
Alright then? I'm alright!

Sounds:
Microwave
Smoke alarm (says it all)
Police cars (from tv - honest!)
Skype being activated
Seagulls, blackbirds and other birds
Water spray sound
Coughs
(Human) yawns

Feel free to add when your bird come up with a new one lol

 

[parrotqueen]

Sunshine and Pineapple, my supposedly two or three year old cockatiels. Their past owner said she 'thought' they were two.

Sunshine can kiss, say "peekaboo!", and "what was that?"

Pineapple can say "peekaboo!" and "what was that?", but he's practicing "I love you".

 

[Quantumcat]

Scarlett is a female eclectus, approx one and a half years old.

She says:
-Scarlett!
-Scarlett Scarlett Scarlett!
-Hello Scarlett!
-Hello!
-Kiss kiss
-Good girl!
-Have a seed
-Owwww
-Wanna come out
-Oi! Cat!
-Caaaaat ... (in a warning sort of way)
-Hungry
-Hungry passionfruit (I think she knows the names of all her foods but hasn't felt the need to ask for any of them except passionfruit)

Whistles:
-Come-here
-Wolfwhistle

Noises:
-Magpies
-Don't know what bird it is but it goes high-high low-low.
-Ding! (the microwave finishing its timer)
-Question-noise (the tone of someone going, "huh?")
-Answer-noise (the tone of someone going "ohhh!")
-Seagull-noise (not from a real seagull, think it might be just a birdie noise)

 

[wuvzbirdies]

Russell is a CAG and is 18 months old.

Words/phrases:
hello
bye bye
Russell
Russelllllll Peters! (as if he's introducing himself to an audience!)
Night night
pretty bird
noooooo, no biting
get your nose
peek-a-boo
gimme kiss
what ya doin
Reynah (daughters name)
DeVohn (sons name)
Dear? Yeah (my pet name for me hubby is dear so when i call him he responds yeah)
Celia (sister-in-laws name)
Sup bird
supper (everyone comes runnning as he says it in my voice, it's soooo funny when they realize the foods not ready)
wanna treat?
good boy
you sure?
want a shower, hmmmm?
Russ Russ baby, do do do do do do do ( as in ice ice baby and the jingle after it)
Like Whatever! (he's soooo valley!)
comeer (come here)
drink your water
silly bum
OMG!
Wooooooow
Seriously?
wanna come out
bless you
heeeey
eat your chicken
poops!
Ok yeah sure
really?

noises:
hangman app on iPhone
squeaky door
microwave door closing shut (thank goodness its not the beep)
cough from daughter bout of bronchitis
sneeze
ow ow ow ow ow (like a wolf)


that's all I can think of right now.

 

[Spiritbird]

Oh my Wuv I am so impressed by your list. I have tried many different ways to teach speach to Rosie. She is now sixteen months old and has a very limited vocabulary:

Hello
What are you doing?
Hey Baby

Wolf whistle
I'm a little teapot whistle

meow
ruff ruff (dog)
cell phone
beep beep from a car sound

Antionette: I bet you could not fit Mishka's vocab. here because it is too extensive!!

 

[wuvzbirdies]

Oh my Wuv I am so impressed by your list. I have tried many different ways to teach speach to Rosie. She is now sixteen months old and has a very limited vocabulary:

Hello
What are you doing?
Hey Baby

Wolf whistle
I'm a little teapot whistle

meow
ruff ruff (dog)
cell phone
beep beep from a car sound

Antionette: I bet you could not fit Mishka's vocab. here because it is too extensive!!

Don't worry SB, Rosie will get better. Remember it's just the two of you there, here I used to have 7 people living here. we are moving next weekend and it's back down to me, hubby and 2 kids so Russell has had a lot of inspiration to learn words. Russell is over there asking me over and over if I want a shower! I must smell!:22_yikes:

 

[antoinette]

Wuv, listen to Russell and go shower LoL

that is hilarious

 

[antoinette]

Oh my Wuv I am so impressed by your list. I have tried many different ways to teach speach to Rosie. She is now sixteen months old and has a very limited vocabulary:

Hello
What are you doing?
Hey Baby

Wolf whistle
I'm a little teapot whistle

meow
ruff ruff (dog)
cell phone
beep beep from a car sound

Antionette: I bet you could not fit Mishka's vocab. here because it is too extensive!!

SB Rosie has improved so much over the last few months. I remembers she was only saying hello.
All in good time, just do as I do talk talk talk talk and talk some more.

 

[HRH Di]

Russ Russ baby, do do do do do do do ( as in ice ice baby and the jingle after it)

HYSTERICAL!!!

Jade, RFM 12 months on Aug 29th
Wow
HiiiiiIIIIIiiii (says this very flirty)

Ruby, CAG 5 months
Hi (not as flirty as Jade says it)
oooOOOOOoooo
Wolf Whistle

Max, our 18 month old Alexandrine, doesn't talk yet, but he's making lots of random sounds, so I think he's getting ready.

 

[antoinette]

Okay here's a confession I suffer from verbal diarrhea

Thank goodness Mishka takes after me.

Mishka AG, almost 3 years old
Here goes latest sayings

Beat boxing, tttjjkdkdkdllll ppppp wjwjwjwjwjwj prrrrr prrr qyqyqyqyqy LoL
Stevie boy is a BAD BOY
Sean is an ars....L.
Mishka is a girl
Mommy is a girl
Woolf whistle sexy boys
Crash crash woooooo puuuu wooooo puuuuu
Mishka loves Jessica
The clock it ticking tic toc tic toc tic toc
You think you funny hey LoL
Mishka is a parrot
Mishka is a birdie
Hello what is your name, my name is Mishka
Mom mommy your telephone is ringing pick up the phone
The best so far in the last two weeks is MOMMY'S GOT A BIRD BRAIN (yeah well you all know that already LoL)

Going to try video her this weekend with the latest saying, it is so cute and hilarious.

 

[madparrotwoman]

Wow we have some amazing talkers, wuvzbirdies - very impressive

 

[Mel]

Shadow (eclectus) 8mths. Doesn't really talk, she has said Hello on occations but not consistantly. She does however make the strangest (and cute) sounds, does the ecky "seagull" squawk, meows like our cat, barks and likes to squeal in a really high pitched ear shattering voice.

Chicka (Sulfur crested) female, age unknown
Hello
Hello Cocky
Cocky wanna scratch
Cocky pretty bird
Cocky smoke some pot? (indication of what her previous home was like)
barks and laughs
Some other chatter we can't understand

 

[antoinette]

THE VOCABULARY THREAD MEETING

An urgent meeting will be held on Tuesday 24th August 2010 @ 5pm on the "Parrot Forum"
(South African time).

TOPIC : "Confidential"

Feathered friends who are requested to be present are :




Beau
Sunshine
Pineapple
Russell
Rosie
Jade
Ruby
Steretjie


Acting "Chair Birdie" Mishka

RSVP : [email protected] LoL


Your urgent reply will be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you kindly
Mishka

 

[wildheart]

What meeting? Topic: "Confidential" is NOT going to work! How on earth must I wait until then!

Ant, come here, I think we need to check your temp.



Sterretjie is an IRN girl and about 4+ years.
We've so far taught her the wolf whistle! AND I AM VERY PROUD OF HER!

 

[antoinette]

What meeting? Topic: "Confidential" is NOT going to work! How on earth must I wait until then!

Ant, come here, I think we need to check your temp.



Sterretjie is an IRN girl and about 4+ years.
We've so far taught her the wolf whistle! AND I AM VERY PROUD OF HER!

I am so proud of Sterretjie as well, and her mommy of course
Linky the meeting is for the birds !!!!!!!

The bird were "tweeting" during the week, it's between them

 

[wildheart]

Linky the meeting is for the birds !!!!!!!

Well I am sorry, but my RULES says

that FROM NOW ON Sterretjie is NOT allowed ANYWHERE WITHOUT ME!

You know she is a crazy bird and eats everything she sees,

and at her age she will influence the youngsters

- Beau, Sunshine, Pineapple, Russell, Rosie, Jade, Rudy and Mishka to eat METAL!

 

[madparrotwoman]

Am I not invited??? I don't say much, just "hello sweety", "hello", "good boy", "morning" and "come on then" when won't do as he's told. I promise not to let the humans know what we discuss at the meeting.

Argyle xx

 

[wildheart]

You see what you have done now Ant!

Poor Argyle feels all left out

.

Sterretjie said you can take her place because her mommy has cut all her privelidges.

 

[antoinette]

Am I not invited??? I don't say much, just "hello sweety", "hello", "good boy" and "come on then" when won't do as he's told. I promise not to let the humans know what we discuss at the meeting.

Argyle xx

is so

Argyle

If any other "birdie members" were not mentioned, please accept Mishka's apologies, her mom had an urgent dental appointment.

 

[antoinette]

Linky the meeting is for the birds !!!!!!!

Well I am sorry, but my RULES says

that FROM NOW ON Sterretjie is NOT allowed ANYWHERE WITHOUT ME!

You know she is a crazy bird and eats everything she sees,

and at her age she will influence the youngsters

- Beau, Sunshine, Pineapple, Russell, Rosie, Jade, Rudy and Mishka to eat METAL!

Rules are rules, we as guardians NEVER break rules

We can't endanger any of the members so Sterretjie is excused.
Minutes of the meeting will be forwarded to her.