Gorillas
Monks
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- Horrible Histories: In a segment on the sign language of Saxon monks, a monk's attempt to tell his brothers that the Vikings are attacking is first interpreted as "the gorillas are making clay pots" and then "the gorillas are ringing the bells".
Source: Non-Verbal Miscommunication - Nonverbal Miscommunication: In a segment on the sign language of Saxon monks, a monk's attempt to tell his brothers that the Vikings are attacking is first interpreted as "the gorillas are making clay pots" and then "the gorillas are ringing the bells".
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Monks and Gorillas. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gorillas/monks
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