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| Zeitgeist21 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5645 days ago 156 posts - 192 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 1 of 19 03 April 2010 at 9:46pm | IP Logged |
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One of the things that I always find ridiculously funny in languages is how the noises change. I first noticed it in German when some girls saw something disgusting and said "eeeee" instead of ewww or eughhhh ^^ It gets even better with animal noises... ;)
I actually some of these things are the biggest give aways when someone is really advanced in a language and has a good accent, especially as these noises are often pretty emotional things and I don't think anyone ever learnt how to say "eugggghh" when learning English ^^ Please give examples from your native languages!!! =) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kerateo Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5646 days ago 112 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 19 03 April 2010 at 10:06pm | IP Logged |
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ups... :)
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 3 of 19 03 April 2010 at 10:15pm | IP Logged |
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Bulgarian dogs do "bau-bau" and not "woof-woof"; Sheep do "be-e-e" and not "baa"; I can't think of any other at the moment.
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| Ayane Newbie United States isby-girlfriend.smac Joined 6085 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 4 of 19 03 April 2010 at 10:50pm | IP Logged |
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(Sound of heart beating)
English: BadumBadum Japanese: DokiDoki Korean: KungKung (Sound of cat) English: Meow/Mew Japanese: Nya/Nyan Chinese: Mao (stalling) English: Umm Japanese: Ano~ Edited by Ayane on 03 April 2010 at 10:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kyssäkaali Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5553 days ago 203 posts - 376 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish | Message 5 of 19 03 April 2010 at 11:13pm | IP Logged |
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Finnish has some absolutely adorable noises and onomatopoeias. :3
Oops! - Hups! Ewww! - Hyi! Mooo! - Ammuuu! Oink oink - Röh röh Bah! - Pyh! (sound of stalling) - Tota... Huh?! - Hä?! Like (as in, like, when you, like, talk like this) - niinku Tons more but I can't think of them off the top of my head. Edited by kyssäkaali on 04 April 2010 at 2:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6079 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 19 03 April 2010 at 11:36pm | IP Logged |
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American English (very noticeable when exchange students come back home) filler sound:
"aaaaahhm". In Norwegian we'd use "ææææh" (pronounced like the A in American English "bad"). Also animal sounds, in Norwegian we say "møøø" (pronounced like the I in "bird"), but the British seem more inclined towards "mooo". 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Miznia Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5351 days ago 37 posts - 42 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Cantonese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese | Message 7 of 19 03 April 2010 at 11:49pm | IP Logged |
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Cantonese snakes say "heu" (rounded front vowel)
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| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6368 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 19 03 April 2010 at 11:55pm | IP Logged |
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I wonder how the vowel inventory of humans affects the noises the animals around them can make. ;)
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