There's no dissent on whether animals communicate

the disagreement is whether that actually constitutes a language or not.
Its been a long while since I read anything on the subject, but I seem to recall the point is something to do with the possibility of discussing abstract concepts, which I doubt many animals have the capacity to do

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on July 29th 2008 at 22:11:31

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Channel 5 just now finished (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 29, 21:15:26
- Animal "Noises" (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Jul 29, 21:37:59
  - There's no dissent on whether animals communicate (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 29, 22:11:31
- A rather old theory, that one (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jul 29, 21:24:18
  - Yebbut (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 29, 21:28:38
    - "Hello love, you look a bit Cro-Magnon..." (n/m) (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jul 29, 21:29:40
      - judging by the looks of some of the specimens in the streets (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 29, 21:31:29
        
        I've been known to use the French rugby union XV as a better example (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 29, 21:32:19
        
        touche, as those garlic sniffers would say (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 29, 21:36:30
      - An old alter-ego of mine on here was Keny Anthropus. Millions laughed, albeit quietly. (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 29, 21:30:50
        
        why exactly do you have so much interest in the fate of the neanderthals (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 29, 21:34:10
        
        Well I'm not any more than intrigued, really, (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 29, 21:41:07
        
        that's hooman nature isn't it? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jul 29, 21:50:19
        
        Possibly. There are a few on here who do so, certainly. (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 29, 21:55:48
- whose fault? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 29, 21:21:00
  - Yours, among others. Sort it out. (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 29, 21:23:45

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