Is this typical for a green cheek?

[paper_lantern]

I've had my green cheek for about a month and a half now, and he has already picked up a few words. Although sometimes he mumbles them, for the most part they are clear enough to be understood (especially when I cover him up for the night, he talks to himself for a good 20 minutes). He says "Allo" (thats "hello" in french) "baby", "Furbie", and he just started to mumble "I love you". He also mimmicks my kissing sound. For some reason, only when he is mad and attacking his bell (lol)!

Is this typical of green cheeks? I was under the impression that they don't usually learn to talk, and the ones that do learn a word or two.

Does anyone else have (or know of) a green cheek that talks well?

[liz]

I don't know a thing about them but you are doing something right.

My amazons mumble to themselves practicing words and arranging them when they think I don't know.

[drif]

My gcc usually doesn't say much more than hello, nite nite, bye, and a few others I probably shouldn't type that an old roomates gf taught him. When he get's on a shoulder this all changes and he starts to whisper to the shoulders owner. This doesn't mean he doesn't have a larger vocabulary and I've noticed this twice. The first time was when I brough my ekkie home, for about a month after the gcc was talking a lot- and words that I didn't even know he knew. The second time was when I brought home a puppy, Phoenix (the gcc) has been pretty much talking nonstop since then.

Now that I've typed that out I notice that he gets talkative when he feels that my attention is elsewhere (new bird, new dog).

[Cage Cleaner]

yes

[dohcsvt]

My green cheek say "I love you" clearly. It ook my wife about 10,000 repetitions of saying I love you to him to get to this point (literally 70 or 80 times a day or more for over 8 months). But he has also picked up (on his own) hello, mommy, and Nikki (that was my beagles name, sadly she passed at 14 years of age). He does a lot of non bird noises, that I am sure are words he is tring to make, but they are not understandable. So compared to my little fellow, yours is leaps and bounds ahead...Congrats, and I hope he picks up many more.