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Default Re: Sounds made by animals

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Originally Posted by Humble View Post
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the cock - [kukare`ku:]
the hen -[koko`ko]
Interesting. In Portugal they mix these two together:
a cock goes [kɔkɔrɔ'kɔ] and a hen goes [kakara'ka].

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trembling with cold - [brrr]
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At least English agrees about this: I suppose with human noises there's more likely to be agreement between languages.

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