More cows... sorry I like Cows.

These are not California Cows in this commercial... as you will see they are Midwestern cows....

I think those cows are from North or South Dakota (remember the movie Fargo?) or Minnesota. Ohio cows would talk different but how would they talk?

I've shared this amazing quiz before. What American Accent Do YOU have?

Frank Smith writes of Ohio accents on BlackTable.com

"Not everyone in Ohio speaks with the midwestern nasal twang. Some do. In the Northern part of the state this is certainly the case. But if you move towards the hillier portion of the state, you hear a lot more about warshing dishes and hunnerd dollar bills, but somewhere in the middle everything levels out into a crisp non-accented cadence that is as clear as the words on this screen. In fact, the Ohio accent is the basis of the accent taught to newscasters. Newscasters on the televisual machine, meaning: the Ohio accent is so bland that you wouldn't even know it if you heard it because there's nothing to hear except the words, man. The words."

I think I talk like an Ohioan usually... the quiz "heard" the Wisconsin in my voice. " You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

I did not fool the test. Can you?

Do you want it to snow in Columbus? A poll about snow in Columbus.

c. Discover Columbus

Those girls can sing!

The California cows commercials are entertaining. I think those commercials may present a rosier picture of life for cows in California than reality. There's a website called "UnhappyCows.com" that I ran into trying to find a funny cow YouTube video. While the California cows don't live in Hollywood CA, the commercials are all Hollywood. The UN happy California Cow video was sad enough, I'm not visiting the website. My sympathies to reality. I want to believe the world is like the movie 'Babe' when it comes to animals. That's probably why I love the California cow commercials even if it is heresy (I am from Wisconsin.. Midwest cows are the best.)

If California cows relocated to Ohio from expensive California markets they could probably buy up a lot of land somewhere in many of the Central Ohio counties including Delaware, Licking, Madison, Fairfield. Yes it is not as sunny here as California but land prices are much more reasonable, that should make for bovine bliss.

There are cows right in Columbus but they are part of the Ohio State University, in fact I sold a house near one of the OSU herds to a couple from California... people not cows. He was originally from Ohio, not Columbus but she is from L.A originally.

Until the cows come home

Columbus all hat no cattle?

Cowbrellas

Hip and Happening

I did not know this sort of business operated in Central Ohio.  Columbus Business First had an article about a  Bull service ... bovine breeding service  (Select Sires) for cattle and dairy cows in Plain City.  Select Sires has a new CFO.  According to Columbus Business First :

"Select Sires is a cooperative is owned by 10 farmers nationwide and provides dairy and cattle semen for livestock breeders. It employs 165 at its headquarters in Plain City and does not disclose annual revenue."  

Select Sires website says:

"Still America's Best for Balanced Genetics" and "America's Best" and "The Worlds Source for Bovine Genetics"

Select Sires contact info includes:

Select Sires Inc.
11740 US 42 N; P.O. Box 143
Plain City, OH 43064-0143

ABS just north of Madison Wisconsin is this... drive by ABS a few times and you won't forget it is there.  Very punny company.  I blogged about it long ago during my fake sign generator phase...on this blog... about a year ago.

Copyright 2007 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

   Columbus Cow News

"COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three livestock exhibitors at last year’s Ohio State Fair have been disqualified for allegedly outfitting their Holstein cows with hairpieces. "