Babies Cry With an Accent, Study Finds Newborns Cry With the Melody of Their Parent's Language

Think newborns just eat, sleep and wail the same way across the world? That's not so, according to a new study which found that babies cry with an accent within the first week of life. 

By recording cries of 60 babies born to French or German parents, researchers discovered that babies cry with the same "prosody" or melody used in their native language by the second day of life. 

There is the Moon for ya,.

Fascinating, thanks for sharing! Do you think it belongs more to the moon (Mother, mother tongue, tribe), or Mercury (accent, communication, language)?   This is one of the areas I studied for my dissertation, and I never thought about it in astrological terms!

I think the baby hears the voices in the womb.

Baby's in the womb thinking "...what is she saying?? I can't quite make it out..."

Then once he/she is born thinks "ahhh  now it all makes sense! Just have to figure out how to use these darn vocal cords!"

Hilarious! And do French dogs say "Weuf?"

That is very interesting!  Each one of my children, most especially my eldest and youngest have definitive accents which noone can discern.  My daughter speaks more like me....with a hint of a spanish accent and my youngest son has a most unusual accent to the point that most people ask him where he is from.  And they were all raised and went to school in the south where the famous southern accent is prominent.  None of them have that.....neither do I or their dad.  My youngest son has mercuty in gemini in the 1st house.....he has a wonderful way with words too.

On the side.....I know the post says, "Please avoid personal attacks.....", but I am going to just have to attack myself right now.....I re-read some of the stuff I write sometimes and tonight especially, I want to just gag myself with a spoon.  With my Moon in Libra and Saturn in Libra now having to do with relationships, can a person get tired of their own selves?   Am I going to break up with myself?  Okay...moving on.....

ah, denamaria, I love your writing voice.  :)

Bananas here's a link to a fun website of animal sounds all around the world. 

http://bzzzpeek.com/# 

I <3 denamaria's voice too, and am glad to see her here.