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How many CHUGGAS before a CHOO CHOO? (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Well, how many?

edited to add -

so you know how in English, the rooster says cockadoodle doo, but in Spanish it’s kikiriki?

Does a train make different sounds in other countries? What a stupid American question to ask.

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[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

I typically do 8 but I do think DirtyPair's rendition is proper. According to a mentalfloss article (https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51996/12-onomatopoeias-around-world) in Korea they say chik chik pok pok, for the clackity sound on the tracks. I read 'chuff' in British English for the train steam sound but I'm not sure it's used onomatopoeiatically.