HENRY

The Annals of Improbable Research is reporting on a story broken by our very own daily newspaper, the NZ Herald

Dunstan says babies produce the different sounds depending on their needs. ‘Neh’ means the child is hungry, while ‘owh’ indicates he or she is tired. Other sounds include ‘eh’, ‘eairh’ and ‘heh’, which mean the infant needs burping, has wind or is uncomfortable.

The mildly creepy website for Dunstan’s work is here, where you can purchase all sorts of goodies for decoding what baby’s saying to you. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before this `research` gets published in a reputable journal…

Posted on December 5th, 2006 by Simon Greenhill