BS: animal noises in other languages

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: SharonA
Date: 30 Oct 01 - 02:44 PM

As I recall from his books, Cleveland Amory's cat used the vowel sounds only: "aeiou".

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 30 Oct 01 - 02:13 AM

Found Niau for cats in an Italian book. Now did they steal a Japanese sound or v.v.? The Spanish say miau which is pronounced like English.

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: masato sakurai
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 08:39 PM

Japanese cats go "nyaa nyaa", or sometimes "nyaa-o" ("neeyow" isn't usual). The Japanese word for fart is "onara"; "he" (with short "e") is not an elegant word and should be avoided in normal conversation.

These sites collect or discuss onomatopoetic animal sounds.

(1) Sounds of the World's Animals

(2) Chit-Chat Among Japanese Farm Animals

(3) Onomatopoetic Words in Japan

(4) Nâ Kani o nâ Holoholona -- Animal Sounds (Hawaiian)

(5) Talking Like Animals -- Sapanish Language

(6) Animal Sounds: Onomatopoeia in Hindi (Note--written in Japanese; Code Shift to JIS)

~Masato

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 08:23 PM

American cats say "meow". English cats say "miaow".

French dogs say "Ouah! Ouah!"

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: GUEST,petr
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 08:19 PM

thanks for your comment SharonA I dont think I used a good example, I should have said its the same sound as in Hey without the 'y' (heh) but longer When I told a Japanese girlfriend the Czech version she was in stitches for ages, to her it was completely unpronouncable as the Japanese language is mostly broken down to syllables not individual letter sounds. ie MacDonalds becomes Mako do na ru do. or Ai su ku ri mu, Ice cream, etc.

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 05:25 PM

Oh dear should we tell Sam thet his surname is Czech for fart??

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: bbc
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 05:18 PM

Small Korean dogs say "Mung, mung!" That killed me! I found a children's book that lists several of the common animal sounds in various languages. I'll get the title from school tomorrow, if anyone is interested. I've had conversations w/ folks from other countries on this topic & laughed till I cried. Love it!

best,

bbc

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: alanabit
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 04:10 PM

This is second hand, but my girlfriend tells me that Russian dogs go "Gaff Gaff". Any more of that stuff Lady Penelope?

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: Bert
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 03:12 PM

Hagar the Horrible's dog Snert, goes VOOF and Helga's duck goes QVACK>

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: open mike
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 03:10 PM

los pollitos dicen pio, pio, pio (chick talk)

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: lady penelope
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 02:55 PM

Apparently (this is second hand) norwegian mice go "pipe" ( as in that which you smoke, pour water down etc. ). Which led to a norwegian co-worker of Parker's nearly wetting herself when she found out that in england we have pipe fitters ( fitter in norwegian is very rude in a female kind of way ).

Ooops! I've just realised I have completely degraded a perfectly innocent thread. Do excuse me ( sidles off stage left.......)

TTFN M'Lady P.

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: alanabit
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 02:38 PM

German chickens say "Kickery Koo". (I have phoneticised that into English in case any alert German speakers are out there. The dogs say,"vow vow".

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 02:33 PM

French ducks go "coin coin"

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: Amos
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 02:21 PM

French kittens go "Minou minou...."

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: SharonA
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 02:16 PM

"long e as in 'stand' "? This WOULD work better if heard! I've never heard 'stand' pronounced with anything but an 'a' sound (some use a short 'a', some use a sound closer to a long 'a').

I have a couple of examples of multilingual animal noises but not at hand. Will post tomorrow if I remember.

Subject: RE: BS: animal noises in other languages
From: wysiwyg
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 02:03 PM

See De Colores.

~S~

Subject: animal noises in other languages
From: GUEST,petr
Date: 29 Oct 01 - 01:44 PM

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.