Well, hi there! Wonderful to see you wing it in today. Ready for a mugga and a virtual muffin? Of course you are! Well, don't just stand there...whistle for Madge to bring them over here to the table for you. Whistle nicely though...she gets a little touchy about whistle tones...(segue).
Do you know about the ingenious Panamanian golden frog
which lives near loud waterfalls and communicates by waving? The people
of Kuşköy, a small Turkey village, have proven that they can be just as
creative and resourceful as the little poisonous frog. Long before they
even had electricity, they invented a brilliantly simple way of
communicating over long distances, by whistling.
They call it the “bird language”
or “kuș dili” as it originated in Kuşköy, which itself means “bird
village”. This fascinating means of communication was created over 400
years ago as a consequence of working in the fields of the Pontic
Mountains.
The terrain is irregular making travelling very difficult
even on short distances, and because of this, the villagers felt the
need for an alternative to speaking and shouting , one that made long
distance communication easier. Inspired by the songs of birds, they
started whistling the syllables of Turkish words which proved to be much
more effective and less energy-consuming than yelling or walking all
the way to the person they needed to speak with.
Villagers notify each
other about visitors, ask for help and make invitations for tea. They
can even have complex, long conversations just by whistling. The songs
of the bird people resonate over distances as long as 1km. If the
distance is longer, the neighbors are kind enough to pass on the message
to each other until it reaches its destination.
Yessir...“kuș dili” may very well be the original "twitter", don't'cha think?
See ya, eh!
Bob
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