Off topic: Animal sounds around the world
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Triston Goodwin
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Amerika Syarikat
Local time: 22:23
Bahasa Sepanyol hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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Jul 12, 2014

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We just saw this on facebook and thought we should share. We only got two right.

http://www.grammarly.com/blog/2014/depending-on-where-you-are-these-animals-make-very-different-sounds/


 
Sylvie Chartier
Sylvie Chartier  Identity Verified
Kanada
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Perancis
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I did I do... Jul 12, 2014

I manage to get 3 rights.

 
Orrin Cummins
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Jepun
Local time: 13:23
Bahasa Jepun hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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... Jul 13, 2014

5 of 5 correct, although the Korean and Chinese sounds were almost identical to the Japanese versions so I guess it's a little biased for me.

Almost missed the Spanish one.


 
José Henrique Lamensdorf
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Brazil
Local time: 01:23
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Portugis
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It used to puzzle me... Jul 13, 2014

... knowing that pigs do "oinc" or "oink" in most languages, what would prevent them from doing something that would sound like "wank" in EN-UK, if they did "oink" in French.

Two fellow FR translators I asked said they didn't know. The third one did.

The French cochons (= pigs) wear an umlaut. In FR it's "oïnc" for them. Très chic!


 


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