Guest Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 So let me summarize. You think BF is an ape that can't speak? Right? We know they whoop, roar, scream/yell, whistle/screech, etc. They've been known to woodknock and push over trees and run faster than Olympic sprinters on two legs. Back to the OP, what's so paranormal about their possible use of phonemes/morphemes or a primitive language even? As to stories, sticks and BF. Yes, I can provide stories but I'd prefer to show pictures of layouts and manipulations and some appeared or were added to overnight. Shoot me a PM with an email if this was a serious request..... If this post is all sarcasm..... never mind. It wasn't sarcasm... I think they could have a language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyahoo Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) Methinks it's because he's not a linguist in the traditional sense of the word. He was a crypto-linguist, a military translator with a very high security clearance, working in a sensitive environment, intercepting and/or transcribing foreign targets speaking primarily Russian, Spanish, or Persian. His supporters like to gnash their teeth and wail when I point that out, but I've yet to see an actual linguist support his work. RayG Traditional sense or not, the word linguist includes by definition a person skilled in many languages. The science of language is a relatively recent discipline, so it's not that traditional to start with. linguist 1. a person skilled in the science of language. Also linguistician. 2. a person skilled in many languages; a polyglot. Beyond this definition, it gets confusing with all the specialists. All of these work with the basic building blocks of language. linguist - a specialist in linguistics linguistic scientist computational linguist - someone trained in computer science and linguistics who uses computers for natural language processing Nelson may qualify for this one too. As computer analysis is used by a Naval Cryptolinguist. (see cryptology technician) grammarian, syntactician - a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax Hebraist - linguist specializing in the Hebrew language lexicographer, lexicologist - a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language neurolinguist - someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception phonetician - a specialist in phonetics phonologist - a specialist in phonology psycholinguist - a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences semanticist, semiotician - a specialist in the study of meaning sociolinguist - a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication Edited March 2, 2012 by southernyahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galahad Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Watch1 Your Clip http://soundcloud.co...oice-of-bigfoot Did Scott Nelson mention, or tell you, that he heard the vocalizer talking on the inhale and exhale? To my amature ear, it sure sounds like that talker is using both the inhale and exhale to vocalize.... Yes a human can do this, but I believe it would be extremely rare. I know I have heard Scott mention that he has heard this Speech pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RayG Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Traditional sense or not, the word linguist includes by definition a person skilled in many languages. The science of language is a relatively recent discipline, so it's not that traditional to start with. Nelson describes himself as a 'crypto-linguist'. Here's a video about crypto-linguists: This guy gives the explanation of the difference between a linguist and a polyglot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVoTfL8Fi4k RayG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted March 2, 2012 BFF Patron Share Posted March 2, 2012 I have been saying for years they can talk and mimic just about anything they hear. Just a few of many recordings. http://www.alabamabigfoot.com/bigfoot/sounds/SOUTHALABAMATALK.mp3 Scott Nelson has said this one is not a human talking: http://soundcloud.co...oice-of-bigfoot Mike (watch1) Wondering too, if it was this type of slowed enunciation that is choppy that General is calling "deaf-speech like" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyahoo Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Nelson describes himself as a 'crypto-linguist'. Here's a video about crypto-linguists: This guy gives the explanation of the difference between a linguist and a polyglot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVoTfL8Fi4k RayG You would think that a concise definition could be given with far fewer words....Truth is, the word linguist covers a number of different specialized skills. Just as Anthropologists have their specialized areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) A few years back I read a report (I think it was in Peter Byrne's archive) from a teenage girl who had been visiting some friends who lived in a cabin in a very remote area (Cascades of Oregon or Washington). Her friends had no indoor bathroom, just an outhouse; she had gone to the outhouse, and opened the door just a bit, enough to peek out and see two bigfoots walking past, speaking, having what she clearly believed was a conversation just like humans would have (although of course she couldn't understand them). She said they were also gesticulating with their hands similarly to humans in conversation. Edited March 3, 2012 by Savage30L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alford anthony Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Sure why wouldnt they have some way to communicate with each other? Also have heard stories about them watching tv thru windows at night and mimmicking stuff they heard on tv. SPOOKY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest watch1 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Booger Scott did not say anything about that recording other than what I posted. He said that on blogtalk radio one night about that recording. One of the few that he had heard that he knew was not a human speaking. I believe those are pretty much the words he used. Mike (watch1) Edited March 5, 2012 by watch1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BFSleuth Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Nature just published an article: Baboons Can Learn to Recognize Words http://www.nature.com/news/baboons-can-learn-to-recognize-words-1.10432 USA today ran an article about it: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/story/2012-04-12/baboons-reading/54213126/1?csp=34news It has this interesting quote: "More remarkably, the researchers found the baboons mistook visually similar non-words for real words in exactly the same pattern as human readers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted April 12, 2012 BFF Patron Share Posted April 12, 2012 Next thing you know we'll have dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac baboons wondering if there is a dog? In the meantime, maybe they will branch off into the phonological processing skills of baboons next and solve the riddle of dyslexia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OntarioSquatch Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) This might sound crazy, but maybe they can be taught to speak English. Edited April 25, 2012 by OntarioSquatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Music in some form or other is universal for mankind. If BFs can talk, can they sing or otherwise make music, i.e. rythmic sounds, pitches? What little I've read so far, doesn't say much about it only to suggest that music, when it's played on an instrument or broadcast in their area may bring a visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernyahoo Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 rhellis38, I have one recording that would correlate with a musical tonal changes in pitch. Musical-Yahoo-2.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 SY - Cool! They seem to have gotten the hang of rythm and phrasing, too. Not to mention lyrics and meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts