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Thread #40617   Message #582065
Posted By: GUEST,petr
29-Oct-01 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: animal noises in other languages
Subject: animal noises in other languages
this really works best when it is heard and not written but I will attempt some that I know.

dog sound: English Bow wow (Ive had dogs most of my life and have never heard them say that) Ruff Ruff maybe, Czech: Haf Haf (pronounced Huff Huff) well maybe thats not that close either Japanese: Wan Wan (like won ton, or one)

Cat: Japanese (neeyow) starts with n not M.

Rooster: of course Ive never heard Cockadoodle doo either but a lot of the languages are variations on Ki Ki ri Kee. or Ku Ku ri Koo etc.

any others?

also sneezes in other languages achoo in English. Czech: Hep cheek.

Fart: the word for it in Japanese is He (long e as in the word Stand) czech: Prt (rhymes with dirt) rougher r though like Scottish r. (obviously onomatopeic) but derives from IndoEuropean perde.