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Show BIRDS HAVE YANKEE ACCENT Londoner Complain That Imported Parrots Are Spoiling the Pronun. elation of Their Fellow. The American accent has Invaded oven the parrot house nt tho zoological gardens here, according to u London correspondent of the Detroit News. A largo consignment of birds has arrived from America. Many have names that suggest cocktails. Hitherto Hither-to scientists may have doubted the ability of cockatoos to acqulro a recognizable rec-ognizable accent, but two of tbeeo birds fresh from the New York zoo speak unmistakable American. They nsk repeatedly for "clam oysters on a half shell" and beg their moused visitors for hominy or California Cali-fornia peanuts. Sometimes In un outburst out-burst of patriotism they repeat "California" "Cali-fornia" until It would nppear that It Is tbeonlyword In tl elr vocabulary. And now a very iniall greon parrot In the cage next door Is trying to say "California," too. A disgusted keeper stands outsldo his cngo saying "London, London. London," but the smnll green parrot does not worn to admire his noccnt so much ns (hat of his feathered transatlantic trans-atlantic friends. |