Rubys Chatterings
Here are just a few examples of our talking three year old African Grey parrot Ruby
(Rhubarb when she good)
All the audio files are mp3 & the videos are in wmv format: Enjoy
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Rubys Chatterings |
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Here are just a few examples of our talking three year old African Grey parrot Ruby (Rhubarb when she good) |
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All the audio files are mp3 & the videos are in wmv format: Enjoy
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| Ref | Links to sound files | Comments |
| N10 | Big Tummy Ruby Monster | Ruby's fun description of herself |
| N20 | Madam Rhubarb (French accent) | When she is feeling particularly superior this is how she refers to herself |
| N30 | What's your name - I'm Rhubarb | |
| N31 | What’s your name? Madam Rhubarb (French accent) | |
| N32 | Water? | When she sees or wants a drink |
| N71 | Chocolate Cheese | she made this up from knowing chocolate (candy really) & when we gave her orange candy she figured it was well...chocolate cheese. |
| N72 | Hey Up Dilys! | Her greeting to our friend Dilys |
| N73 | Monty | Monty is another African Grey Parrot that she knows |
| GF10 | Byeeee | |
| GF11 | Night Night | |
| GF12 | Good Morning | |
| GF13 | Hello - silly voice | This high voice is a mystery as to where it came from. |
| GF20 | Hey-up! | Hey-up means 'Hi there' in parts of the UK |
| GF21 | Hey up mi-duck! | As above but 'mi-duck' is colloquial for 'my darling' |
| GF22 | Hey-up commander! | She calls my wife Annie 'Commander' |
| GF23 | Hey-up Daddy | I'm Daddy |
| GF30 | Bye See You later | This is really a two way conversation that we have when I am leaving |
| GF31 | See you later Byeee | We get that when we leave the house |
| Q10 | Come on then? | Used extensively when she want something done |
| Q11 | Come On - Poo stick | The 'Poo Stick' is a special perch that she knows to use for toilet duties and requests when first out her cage. |
| Q12 | Pooh stick Please | |
| Q20 | Common - Lets go for a walk | She enjoys putting on her harness and going outside 'for a walk' |
| Q21 | Do you want to go for a walk -hahaha... | |
| Q30 | Tickle my neck | |
| Q40 | Cashew nut please? | Request for a special treat which can change to 'WANT CASHEW NUT! if unfulfilled. |
| Q50 | What's your name + How old are you? | If you ask her this you usually get a correct reply and she expects the same. |
| Q60 | What's that? | A question only used when something absolutely new is seen for the first time. |
| Q61 | Can We go and see auntie Pam? | Auntie Pam is the lady that looks after Ruby on the occasions we go on holiday without her. |
| Q62 | I’m going for a bath | That's a laugh: she hates water |
| Q63 | Right you stay there | She's quite bossy |
| Q64 | Tickle my head | 'Please' would improve this request |
| Q65 | Where Annie? | Annie is my wife and is constantly wound up by Ruby |
| Q66 | You be good | |
| Q67 | You eat your dinner | Something we encourage when we sit down to eat but now we get it back as a command to us. |
| Q70 | Are we going to the club? | she likes visiting the local parrot club |
| Q71 | Are all right? ok? | |
| Q72 | Want yogurt pot, yogurt pot please | She likes still wet cardboard yogurt pots to lick out and destroy |
| Q73 | Rubys' turn! | A request to come out her cage instead of our cockatiel |
| Q74 | Water! | This can be an observation when she sees water or a request for water |
| Q75 | Harness On ? | A request to have her harness put on so she can go outside for fun |
| Ob10 | Brrrrr cold | A comment usually looking out the window in winter |
| Ob20 | Its a Beautiful Cage | After a successful Sunday cage revamp |
| Ob30 | Rubys a good girl | Ha - occasionally |
| Ob31 | Beautiful wings! | Modesty has never been an issue |
| Ob32 | Bad Girl – Cage | she know when she's been naughty and what the consequences are |
| Ob33 | Bad that was Bad | ditto |
| Ob34 | I’m in trouble | Almost always used correctly in context |
| Ob35 | Screech – Quiet – cover On Big Gob | A sequence that shows her recognising that she is being too loud , calls herself 'a Big Gob' and suggest that the (cage) cover should go on. |
| Ob36 | Too Loud Bad Girl – cover on | Similar |
| Ob37 | Terrible! | She says this with great feeling when something is not to her liking |
| Ob38 | There's a Bird ! | eh.. when she sees a bird - usually Poppy the Cockatiel |
| Ob39a | ooooahhh? | Sorry can't spell - that but it is a noise she makes when something REALLY interests her |
| Ob39b | ooooahhh- what's that? | ditto |
| Ob40 | What's that? | ditto |
| Ob41 | Beautiful Cage! | Only if she likes it |
| Ob42 | That's Better | |
| Ob43 | That was a good walk | A 'walk' can be a stroll around the neighbourhood, a visit to the pub or a drive in the car. |
| Ob44 | I enjoyed that - that was a good walk | ditto |
| Ob45 | Whats that? - Rubys's TV | Observing me putting a miniature TV set into her newly cleaned cage |
| Ob46 | I'm on Holiday - meoww - quack quack | When we have taken her on holiday she gives each style of holiday a sound name - So going to our friends house for a few gives 'Im on Holiday - meoww' and 'quack quack' was a narrow boat holiday. |
| Ob47 | That's Better! | Speaks for itself, example when coming out of a small travel cage |
| Ob71 | I can see ya! (you) | Well.. when she can through a hole in her cage cover for example |
| Ob77 | Its a bit Brrr cold - ha hah | She made this up from hearing me say - "It's a bit cold" and "Brrrr it's cold" |
| TW1 | Being naughty (wmv format) | I'm in the next room to Ruby, so my voice is a bit quieter |
| TW2 | Bye See You later | A typical interaction when I'm leaving |
| TW3 | Human: Did you Enjoy your walk? | She had just been for a 'walk' on my shoulder on a cool day. Me: Did you enjoy the walk? Parrot: Brrrrr Cold.... That's Terrible!, Terrible! etc |
Unlike the other examples she does not know the meaning of these phrases and just enjoys using them.
| F10 | One - Two - THREE! | Taken from how she gets thrown from my arm to a high perch such as a cupboard top. |
| F11 | Tarrah! | Just happy with life and used when she performs an action with style such as jumping on to a cupboard top. |
| F12 | Bombings | She learned his from a parrot in the parrot club where the bird did the whistle & the owner did the explosion at the end but Ruby does it all just to show off. |
| F13 | Here we go – here we go! | When she's about to have serious fun on a swing or similiar |
| F14 | I'm a weapon of mass destruction | Believe me she can be |
| F15 | Meeeeoiw | Cat impersonation |
| F16 | The Archers theme tune | the Archers are long running UK radio series that she listens to and this is eh...one variation of the theme tune. |
| F17 | You are cheeky | |
| F18 | You’re a chatterbox | |
| F19 | Wolf Whistle | A Wolf Whistle to be proud of. |
| F20 | MEN! | Something she got from my wife and this is the first time we'd heard it |
| F21 | Cage Time Monster! | |
| F22 | Coughs | Very good impression |
| F23 | Echo ! | Learnt whilst going through long tunnels on the canal |
| F24 | High Four! | well you cant teach a bird High five it just wouldn't be right |
| F25 | Laughing | |
| F26 | Murder Murder! | don't ask! |
| F27 | Tickle - tickle | |
| F77 | Is it a Bird?, is it a Plane? No! its super Ruby | |