Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>Funny enough, in French /pS:t/ is the sound of opening a bottle of
something
>bubbly (like a soda. For champaign we have rather "pop !" :)) ).
IIRC Perrier's slogan was "L'eau qui fait _pschit_" (can't remember the
exact spelling, but there was an |i|, wasn't there? I do recall it looked a
lot like Engl. sh*t)

Kash: cit ~ cicít [tSit, tSi'tSit] (usu. with a voiceless vowel) 'shh!' or
rude yacít [ja'tSit] 'shut up!' -- both ult. < çindi ['Sindi] 'speak'

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