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TIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540s

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TIL: Cows didn't moo until the 1540s

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Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months ago

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Moo - Etymology, Origin & Meaning

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"to make the characteristic cry of a cow, to low," 1540s, of imitative origin (compare… See origin and meaning of moo.

Before that they 'low’ed (In English).

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I mostly know it from “away ina manger”. Hymns are a great way to hear old timey words!

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