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NATLANG? Animal talk

From:Pavel Iosad <pavel_iosad@...>
Date:Saturday, January 4, 2003, 15:50
Hello:

> > I've always found it odd that German IIRC has no word > > for what pigs say (viz.: "oink"). It's so salient in English that > > I'd think every culture with pigs would have one. > > A Dutch pig does "knor", and the verb is "knorren".
Hm. A Russian pig goes [xr_ju], and the verb is "xryukat'" Pavel -- Pavel Iosad pavel_iosad@mail.ru Is mall a mharcaicheas am fear a bheachdaicheas --Scottish proverb