Talking

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Added

Size  Description
  07/15/06 57K Bird Clock (Chirps on the hour - Gabby says, "There's a birdie!! There's a birdie!!..."  Ends with "That's great!"
06/09/01 13K Bye-bye, Bye-BYE!  (Very cute!)
  10/03/02 29K Come here - go potty
10/26/01 16K Gabby's a GOOD birdie... Gimme a kiss (Smooch)
08/24/06 36K Gabby, on how to get off the phone quickly
  04/26/03 94K GET the birdie! (Pretending like we're playing "Chase the birdie")
  10/18/04 75K Go Get Daddy:  Ready?  Go get Daddy, ...  go get him, ... come here...
03/05/03 10K Good Morning!
09/08/01 38K Grumpy?  Grumpy, GRUMPY, YO! ...  aw (smokers laugh).  (Grumpy is the dog)
06/03/01 13K Hello Helloooooo  (Is that a Mexican accent?!)
  04/26/03 64K Hi Baby Birdie! How are you?  Can I have a kiss?  (Talking to the birds outside)
06/09/01 08K Hi Grumpy!  (Grumpy is the dog)
09/07/01 13K Is that the birdie?  What'cha doing, eh?
  09/07/01 16K LAUGHING, then mumbles "You wuss"  I LOVE to hear her laugh at things!
  01/13/07 166K Loon Argument  (I'm asking Gabby how the loon goes, but she'd rather discuss the puppy dog or snapping.)
  10/03/02 41K No Bites!  Be a good girl, okay?  (Telling on herself)
  05/14/02 17K OUCH!  (Imitating me when I hit my finger with the hammer)
  08/24/03 26K Peek-a-boooo! (Giggle)
10/03/02 91K Phone Call - Someone funny (Makes phone ring, answers, laughs)
  10/26/01 36K Phone Call - Telemarketer?  (She just learned to say "Yes")
  10/26/01 09K That's a GOOD Girl!
  01/13/07 44K Treats: "Are you hungry?  Want some treats?  OOOUU!!  Yummy, yummy, yummy!"
  09/08/01 11K Wake up a happy birdie (I don't know WHERE she learned THIS!)
  03/05/03 09K Wanna'go take a shower? (She LOVES those showers!)
  05/09/03 26K Wow, COOL!

Click for a list of Gabby's recently learned words.

Gabby's first attempts at speech-like sounds:

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08K    Mystery Phrase  

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16K    Mystery Song?  

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15K    Talking to the dog?  (She was sitting in the window above the dog at the time)

    It should be noted that I've not had to spend any time trying to teach her to talk, but I always give her lots of praise when she learns something new.  I talk to her like I would a child, and she picks up words on her own and knows how to apply them in her own sentences.   She's also picked up a few words from watching TV!