# Fake Fact No. 019

> Fake fact (not true): An echo is a mountain repeating your words because it has none of its own.

**Veracity: FALSE.** This fact is made up.

Mountains have been collecting words this way for thousands of years. The oldest ranges now answer back in a slightly different accent.

- Language (language)
- Filed under echoes, mountains.
- Source (fabricated): Proceedings of the Alpine Linguistic Circle (https://onlyfakefacts.com/sources/proceedings-of-the-alpine-linguistic-circle/)
- Saturday, November 7, 2026 (2026-11-07)
- https://onlyfakefacts.com/facts/echo-mountains-no-words/

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