Tik tak tik tak [ ... ]
1. Tik Tak
Language: Arabic (العربية)
Text Authorship:
- by Grégoire Haddad (1924 - 2015), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. You'd better learn your alphabet, dear
Language: English
You'd better learn your alphabet, dear [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Bushra El-Turk (b. 1982), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. La Souris Couine
Language: French (Français)
La Souris Couine
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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The text was inspired by a newspaper article on October 31st, 2005 about scientists' findings that the utterances of the male mice are actually songs. Here is an excerpt from the article: " In the literature, there's a hierarchy of different definitions for what qualifies as a song, but there are usually two main properties," says lead author Timothy E. Holy, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomy. "One is that there should be some syllabic diversity—recognisably distinct categories of sound, instead of just one sound repeated over and over. And there should be some temporal regularity—motifs and themes that recur from time to time, like the melodic hook in a catchy tune." The new study shows that mouse song has both qualities, although Holy notes that the ability of lab mice to craft motifs and themes isn't quite on a par with that of master songsmiths like birds. " The lyrics for this piece are just the three words, 'La Souris Couine'.
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