Recently, in legal studies, myself and another girl in my class, Alex started discussing (for some unknown reason) whether or not animals could talk. And we eventually decided that yes, they can, but only to each other. As in, they have their own unique language that we don't really understand fully. Then I thought well, if animals can talk to each other, does that mean that, like humans, animals from different countries speak different dialects? I decided, after much consideration, that yes, they do. I based this conclusion on the results of a recent study that involved gathering several cats from different countries in the world (France, England, America, Italy and China) and it turned out, they all had different accents when they mewed.
Later in the same class, we were reviewing the Canadian constitution. In their Constitution, they have a charter of rights and freedoms. And one section in this charter is language rights. Covered in this section is the right to use either English or French in any formal legal setting, and also the right for children to be educated in either language. So then I was discussing with Sam, how hilarious it would be if a judge didn't speak French, and either the plaintiff or defendant were speaking French. And then I thought that it was probably a pre-requisite for Candian judges to speak both English and French. Or that they would get an interpreter. But that also got me thinking, do the Canadian mounties also speak both English and French? And what if a mountie only spoke French, but his horse only spoke English?! Then the mountie would tell the horse to go one way and the horse would have no clue what was going on. Can Candian horses even speak French?
Well, in the end, I guess that's probably why they use reins rather than verbal commands.
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