Using the infamous 'Google for spell-check' method, I checked for the word Onomatopoeia. (I was missing an O).
I did however get to the eponymous wikipedia page and it's pretty hilarious. So apparently, dogs that go 'ouaf, ouaf' in France would say 'haw, haw' in Arabic but 'wan, wan' in Japanese. Catalan dogs opt for 'bup, bup' for, we know, Catalans are special.
Enjoy.
(okay, I admit it - not my most intellectually challenging blog entry. Kinda makes up for the extra-long previous one, doesn't it? :)
4 comments:
No, no, it's a fun comparison! Next time you are with a group of people from different countries (thus speaking different languages), play the animal sounds game. :D
It can be fuuuun! ;)
Sounds like a good idea.
Then we'll have a group of barking people and we'll get thrown in jail for public intoxication..
heheheheh...
With dogs is pretty easy... Try with a cock, for example.
;-D
R
Hehehe.. yep, they are on the wiki article i linked, actually!
The differences are so staggering it makes me wonder (well, i don't wonder about it for too long, but still) -- is it a proven fact that dogs (or roosters) all over the world speak the same language?
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