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minus-squarezaph@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoWow I didn’t know cats spoke different languages. What does a cat sound like in Brazil?
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agomiau Bonus: bunnies jumping in Japan can be heard making the sound pyon
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 months agoJapanese has tons of great onomatopoeia. The Fox says “kon kon”, and the mouse goes “chuu chuu”.
minus-squareThisfox@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoAnd kissing is chu, I believe, so mice make kissing noises?
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoYep, a long kiss at least. 😛
minus-squareLokoschade@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoNot only cats, most sounds are expressed differently in different languages. If you want to learn more about that you should search for cross-linguistic onomatopoeia.
Wow I didn’t know cats spoke different languages. What does a cat sound like in Brazil?
miau
Bonus: bunnies jumping in Japan can be heard making the sound pyon
Japanese has tons of great onomatopoeia. The Fox says “kon kon”, and the mouse goes “chuu chuu”.
And kissing is chu, I believe, so mice make kissing noises?
Yep, a long kiss at least. 😛
Not only cats, most sounds are expressed differently in different languages. If you want to learn more about that you should search for cross-linguistic onomatopoeia.
Word.
Cows have regional accents.