On (09 Oct 95) Fran Warwick wrote to All...
 FW> What an experience it is to have a Grey Parrot. In this case his name
 FW> is Suggie and he leaves my in awe most of the time.
 FW> Suggie did not start talking until he was a year old. He would,
 FW> however, sit with his back to me and mumble. Then one day out came
 FW> some words. I guess that he was practicing getting them perfect before
 FW> projecting them to the world. I do believe that Grey parrots are
 FW> perfectionist.
 FW> It has been an amazement to me at how quickly he picks up what I am
 FW> saying to him. He looks at me with absolute attention and within two
 FW> days he projects the phrase that I am speaking to him. (He has also
 FW> picked up a few things that I didn't entend for him to learn.)
 FW> A few weeks ago I walked up to him and said, "I'm sooo smart." I
 FW> repeated this over a couple of days, probably 10 times, before he
 FW> started to say it. It really is neat hearing your Grey Parrot telling
 FW> you that he is soooo smart.
 FW> This morning I tried to add, I'm so pretty. After saying it a couple
 FW> of times I sat back down to the computer. Suggie is talking away until
 FW> he comes to "I'm soooo." And this is as far as he went. Several times
 FW> more he said, "I'm soooo" and never went any further. Then he bacame
 FW> silent.
 FW> Suggie has quite a vocabulary and I have the intention of taping it
 FW> one of these days. But, this has really stumped him. Do you think he
 FW> is wondering if he is "so smart"...or "so pretty". I am curious to see
 FW> how he works this out.
Fran, 
Maybe Suggie is trying to tell you that he is not Pretty, he is Handsome!!!!
He probably knows the difference (since he is so smart) and will not say
something that is incorrect.!!
Love ya, Millie \\|//
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