30 Hilarious Washo Language Puns

TIL about Washoe, a female chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using American Sign Language. She learned approximately 350 signs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/thisCantBeBad

📅︎ Jan 08 2021

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[#90|+1425|81] TIL about Washoe, a chimpanzee who learned sign language. After her caretaker missed a few weeks work and told her "MY BABY DIED" in sign language, Washoe looked down, and then responded with "CRY" while miming the act of tears falling [/r/todayilearned] reddit.com/r/todayilearne…

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👤︎ u/Frontpage-Watch

📅︎ Apr 25 2019

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TIL of Washoe (chimpanzee), the first non-human to use Amercian Sign Language. When Washoe's caretaker returned to work after a miscarriage, Washoe ignored her. The caretaker then signed "MY BABY DIED", to which Washoe replied "CRY", simulating a tear running down the caretaker's face. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/CFCHudson

📅︎ May 05 2016

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TIL when Washoe, first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY", touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don't shed tears) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/interesworth

📅︎ Aug 24 2013

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TIL that, when Washoe (the first chimpanzee to use sign language) was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY". en.wikipedia.org/w/index.…

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👤︎ u/98PercentChimp

📅︎ Jan 26 2012

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TIL humans are not the only primate that curse. Chimps do it to. In project Washoe, chimps being taught sign language internalized taboos around the toilet, with the sign “dirty” representing something shameful. They started using that sign as an admonition or to express anger, like a swear word. digitalcommons.unl.edu/cg…

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👤︎ u/SirT6

📅︎ Feb 03 2018

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Gorilla using sign language to tell he's not allowed to be fed by visitors

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👤︎ u/aceforest

📅︎ Sep 18 2021

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TIL washoe the chimp (the first non-human taught sign language) became self-aware while staring into a mirror and then interacting with other chimps that she was not human en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/gabriot

📅︎ Jun 15 2013

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TIL that a chimpanzee Washoe, the first animal to learn American Sign Language, was able to combine the hundreds of signs that she learned into novel combinations that she hadn't been taught and created herself. She also taught her adopted son some American Sign Language. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/ultranumb_360

📅︎ Apr 30 2013

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From /r/TIL: When Washoe, first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY", touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don't shed tears) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/QuietCakeBionics

📅︎ Jan 21 2018

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TIL of Washoe the chimpanzee who not only learnt American sign language herself but also proceeded to teach it to her adopted son Loulis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/petulantfish

📅︎ Jan 20 2016

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TIL that the first words Washoe (the first chimpanzee to use sign language) signed were "Reddit is going downhill."

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👤︎ u/UncleJeff

📅︎ Jan 26 2012

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[image] Washoe the chimp - the first to learn sign language and what she signed after her trainer's child died.

From the 'I fucking love science' Facebook page:

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1187116_774733012547712_934309214_n.jpg

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👤︎ u/smad_pants

📅︎ Mar 13 2014

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Washoe (chimpanzee) -the first non-human to learn to communicate using American Sign Language en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/Not_A_Doctor__

📅︎ Oct 15 2016

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TIL Washoe (the first chimp to learn sign language) was positively reinforced with tickling rewards for learning new words, however they stopped rewarding her with tickles because Washoe had uncontrollable laughter and it disrupted the learning. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/jarjarcowcow

📅︎ Apr 06 2014

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TIL of Washoe, a chimpanzee who was taught sign language. When one of her trainers returned after a while away Washoe was initially dismissive of her, but when the trainer signed "My baby died", Washoe signed "cry" and mimmicked a tear running down her face. - todayilearned reddit.com/r/todayilearne…

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👤︎ u/Know_Your_Shit

📅︎ Aug 30 2015

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TIL when Washoe, first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby started playing Skyrem, she signed "CASUEL", touching her cheek and drawing her finger down the path a tear would make on a human (Chimpanzees don't shed tears).

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👤︎ u/OccupyTamriel

📅︎ Aug 25 2013

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Tahoe ski resort Squaw Valley finally loses its 'racist, sexist' name, is now Palisades Tahoe sfgate.com/renotahoe/arti…

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👤︎ u/booyatrive

📅︎ Sep 13 2021

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Washoe, the first non-human to learn to communicate using American Sign Language en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was…

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👤︎ u/MoonPoint

📅︎ Apr 20 2011

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SERIOUS: This subreddit needs to understand what a "dad joke" really means.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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👤︎ u/anywhereiroa

📅︎ Jan 15 2022

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The first sign language chimp, Washoe, has died. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071…

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👤︎ u/GrumpySimon

📅︎ Nov 01 2007

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eli5: What have we learned teaching animals (specifically apes) language?

I've been reading about teaching apes like Koko and Washoe learning language, but I don't understand why we did it, and what we learned from it.

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👤︎ u/llamacider

📅︎ Nov 30 2021

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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👤︎ u/Leckzsluthor

📅︎ Jan 02 2022

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This subreddit is 10 years old now.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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👤︎ u/frexyincdude

📅︎ Jan 14 2022

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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

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👤︎ u/Vegetable-Acadia

📅︎ Jan 11 2022

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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