Friday, September 26, 2008

How Does One Say "Oink" in Korean?

"A cow says Moo. A sheep says Baa. Three singing pigs say La La La!" At least, that's what Sandra Boynton would give us to understand in Moo, Baa, La La La!

For an alternate explanation, we suggest bzzzspeek.com, which is an absolutely charming web site with a "collection of 'onomatopoeia' from around the world using sound recordings from native speakers imitating the sounds of mainly animals and vehicles."

One clicks, for instance, on the British flag-cow to hear what cows say in UK English, on the French flag-cow to hear it in French, and so on. The native speakers seem to be mostly children, making their charming animal sounds.

1 comment:

anonymous said...

gool gool = "oink" in korean (pronounce the G sound as a cross between g and k). It should rhyme with "pull".