The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4741   Message #26626
Posted By: judy
27-Apr-98 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: American Cultural oddities
Subject: RE: American Cultural oddities
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