COBOL: The Language
His Vocabulary
- (Mister) Cobol
- No
- OK
- Are you OK?
- OK, eat your food (=water too)
- Oh no (do not eat food)
- Stay
- Come
- Come on
- Come here
- Speak
- Hush
- (Get) In your house
- Where's your ball
- Get your ball
- Get your stick
- (Wanna) Go for a ride?
- (Let's) Go for a ride
- Roll over (synonymous with Ole Rover; dyslexia I guess)
- Good dog
- Bad dog
- Did you do that? (Usually after making a mess)
- Hurry up (use the bathroom)
- Heel
- You're gonna hurt your tail (wags it harder)
- Shake (easiest command to teach)
- Go around (hardest to teach; when his chain is wrapped around a tree or
post, he will unwind himself)
- No, the other way (if he unwinds in the wrong direction, he will turn
around)
- Lay down (from either standing or sitting position)
- Sit (from either standing or laying position)
- Up (from either laying or sitting position)