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Title: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: HVC on August 03, 2016, 05:50:46 PM
Came across this chart of what different languages think animals sound like. The French chicken is my favourite.

http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: Sheilbh on August 03, 2016, 06:00:58 PM
Bird (small): chip.
Bird (medium): chip.
Bird (large): chip (loudly).
Many birds: chip chip.

Italian is such a beautiful, complex language.
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: CountDeMoney on August 03, 2016, 06:03:48 PM
Those are some pretty fucked up See n' Says. 

THE COW SAYS MAU MAU
I SAY WHAT THE FUCK
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
I could never understand English-speaking pigs.  Where the hell does that "oink" come from anyway?  Has anyone ever heard a pig say "oink", or anything resembling that?
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: Admiral Yi on August 03, 2016, 08:04:19 PM
Quote from: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
I could never understand English-speaking pigs.  Where the hell does that "oink" come from anyway?  Has anyone ever heard a pig say "oink", or anything resembling that?

Sure.  :huh:
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 08:09:18 PM
Can pigs even pronounce the k sound?
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: HVC on August 03, 2016, 08:21:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 08:09:18 PM
Can pigs even pronounce the k sound?
inhale through your nose while saying oink. Seriously do it, you'll sound like a pig :lol:
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: Admiral Yi on August 03, 2016, 08:26:43 PM
Any sound pronounced in the back of the throat is going to be difficult to transliterate.  How would you write a snore for example?  Most cartoons write "ZZZZZ" but that's not really close.
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 08:35:55 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 03, 2016, 08:26:43 PM
Any sound pronounced in the back of the throat is going to be difficult to transliterate.  How would you write a snore for example?  Most cartoons write "ZZZZZ" but that's not really close.
In Russian it's hraaaaap-piiiiisch.
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: Razgovory on August 03, 2016, 09:12:42 PM
Quote from: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
I could never understand English-speaking pigs.  Where the hell does that "oink" come from anyway?  Has anyone ever heard a pig say "oink", or anything resembling that?

How many pigs have you known?
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: The Brain on August 04, 2016, 01:01:38 AM
In what sense?
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: garbon on August 04, 2016, 02:14:46 AM
Quote from: The Brain on August 04, 2016, 01:01:38 AM
In what sense?
Nonsense
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: Martinus on August 04, 2016, 02:23:35 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
I could never understand English-speaking pigs.  Where the hell does that "oink" come from anyway?  Has anyone ever heard a pig say "oink", or anything resembling that?

In porn.
Title: Re: Foreign animals sound weird
Post by: Josquius on August 04, 2016, 02:48:08 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 03, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
I could never understand English-speaking pigs.  Where the hell does that "oink" come from anyway?  Has anyone ever heard a pig say "oink", or anything resembling that?

How do you spell the grunting sound they more normally make?
In English that is. No Dutch Gs or french anything allowed.

You can somewhat hear the oink with smaller pigs.