Cows have regional accents like humans, language specialists have suggested.

語言專家指出，不同地方的牛和人一樣有不同的口音。

They decided to examine the issue after dairy farmers noticed their cows had slightly different moos, depending on which herd they came from.

他們決定研究這個問題，在牛農發現他們的牛哞哞叫的聲音有點不同，端視牠們來自哪個牛群而定。

John Wells, Professor of Phonetics at the University of London, said regional twangs had been seen before in birds.

倫敦大學語音學教授約翰．威爾斯指出，鳥類也曾出現地方口音。

The farmers in Somerset who noticed the phenomenon said it may have been the result of the close bond between them and their animals.

發現這個現象的英國索穆塞農民說，這可能是因為他們和動物間關係密切的結果。