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Re: Animals' talk (jara: German letter names)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Saturday, January 4, 2003, 2:49
Jake X scripsit:

> Interesting. I think in English you can say either. The dog says, "bark," > or the dog barks.
The first seems strange to me.
> What determines which dog is assigned which sound? I am a native english > speaker, but > they seem to me randomly chosen when spoken. Anyone?
Snoopy is a beagle (the smallest hound), and I think "Arf!" is more like the way a hound cries than "Woof!" or any other form. -- If you have ever wondered if you are in hell, John Cowan it has been said, then you are on a well-traveled http://www.ccil.org/~cowan road of spiritual inquiry. If you are absolutely http://www.reutershealth.com sure you are in hell, however, then you must be jcowan@reutershealth.com on the Cross Bronx Expressway. --Alan Feur, NYTimes, 2002-09-20

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