I never understood Old McDonald (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Okay so you have a farm? Big deal? And wtf does "eee aye eee aye ohhh" mean?

And why do I need to know what all the farm animals say? Jesus dude.

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[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago

He is yodeling to his animals

"MacDonald" evokes an ancestry in the Scottish Highlands, where mountain-biome techniques of animal husbandry would be common, you want to signal your presence to animals without removeding them, so you yodel to imitate their calls

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