The silly news of January includes a piece on profane parrots at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park.
The British call this "salty" language. And another phrase for swearing can be seen in this sentence:
"I did apologize straightaway, saying it's not my fault if they actually [say] a little bit of effing and jeffing," Nichols said.
It seems that parrot swearing is not human swearing..."patrons of the zoo, as well as throngs of people online, seem to be perfectly willing to accept the parrots as they are, profanity and all. The park has posted a sign near the parrots' habitat, warning that visitors should expect to hear "every common swear word" and should shepherd children away from the area." The park has around eight birds that would require explicit-language advisories.
Here's the Instagram/tiktok show HERE. - you can search on #pottymouth, #swearing parrots, and #sweary. There are about 8 foul-mouthed parrots who like to "set each other off" - they had to get separated from each other. Are they likely to spread the word to the rest of the colony of 200 grey parrots? That might need a different warning sign.
This cute parrot was at a local home show in Grimsby one year.
