Today when I was hanging out with some of my friends, one of them asked me if the animal noises in the US were different. At first it seems a silly question, but at the time, she entertaining her son with an owl puppet. Do you know what the owl said? It said "tweet, twoo". Yep. Not "who, who" or even "hoot".
Now, I first became aware of this difference via a bib that Linus has.
Sorry, for the stained bib, but-well- it does it's job.
I hadn't really thought anything off this bib, until I heard Clare making owl noises in the same manner. When I replied that, in America, owls say "Who", or possibly "Hoot" my friends were as surprised as I was by this "tweet twoo" business.
As for other differences, I could only come up with a few. In England, dogs don't say "Bow Wow". They only say "ruff ruff". Both might be used in the US. I later asked Ross, about other differences later. We established many are the same. The only other one we came up with is that a British chicken would never say "buck, buck, buck". It would only "cluck".
A non-animal related one I've noticed is "Nee nor" or "Nee naw". Anyone know what that is?
I'll give you a hint.
Fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances all say "nee nor" or "nee naw". In fact, children often refer to vehicles with sirens and flashing lights as Nee Nors/Naws. It makes just as much sense as (and is more easily spelled than) the American "Weee Ooooo".
I'm sure there are other differences in what things "say".
Ross' favourite is that, in France, roosters say "Kokorico!"
What are your favourite onomatopoeic sounds?
This is an interesting topic! I remember being amused in my high school Spanish class when I learned that Spanish roosters say "Chiquiriqui!"
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it! Chiquiriqui is an awesome thing for a rooster to say :)
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