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I say "kukuriku," you say "cock-a-doodle-doo"
And who's right? Well, no rooster would understand either of us, so let's call the whole thing off. The words we use to refer to animal sounds are only vaguely imitative, and therefore, can differ quite a bit from language to language.
If you'd like to explore these interesting and, sometimes, amusing differences, check out the links below provided here via Visual Thesaurus. Note the first link in particular, where the words for animal sounds in several different languages are recorded by the best voice talent available for the job--little children.
[ZVIEZDANA]Tags: animal sounds, onomatopoeia
June 12, 2008
