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judy American Cultural oddities (125* d) RE: American Cultural oddities 27 Apr 98


Sorry, forgot the page breaks

the light switches turned on by flipping them down (up here)
the outlets had three round prongs (two slots here)
underpass=subway
subway=tube
potato chips=potato crisps (chicken flavored among others)
ham=gammon
sausage=bangers
French fries=chips

Dog
American: bow wow, ruff ruff, arf arf
Hebrew: hav hav
French: ouaou ouaou (sp?) (pronounced wow, wow)

Bird
American: chirp chirp, tweet tweet
Hebrew: tseef tseef

Chicken:
American: cluck cluck, rooster=cockadoodle doo
French: (I forget how to spell it but it) sounds like pyew pyew
Spanish: pio pio (pronounced pee oh pee oh. rooster=coo koo roo ku ku

Pig: oink oink
Cow: moo moo
Horse: neigh neigh (pronounced nay nay)
Sheep: baa baa
Duck: quack quack
other languages?

enjoy!
judy


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