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[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] LimpingCat@lemmy.ml 55 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wow I didn't know cats spoke different languages. What does a cat sound like in Brazil?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

miau

Bonus: bunnies jumping in Japan can be heard making the sound pyon

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Japanese has tons of great onomatopoeia. The Fox says "kon kon", and the mouse goes "chuu chuu".

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And kissing is chu, I believe, so mice make kissing noises?

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

Yep, a long kiss at least. 😛

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not only cats, most sounds are expressed differently in different languages. If you want to learn more about that you should search for cross-linguistic onomatopoeia.

[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago
[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

😼 Нет, this is НЯ 🐈

[–] mathterdark@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

so it’s pronounced Toys “ya” Us, not Toys “are” Us?

[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] odium@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

HR 🐈🐈‍⬛

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

... Am I doing this right?

[–] GTG3000@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, reminds me of the old joke: An otaku blacksmith's tool: някавайня

For clarification, it's nya-kawaii-nya, and it sounds like russian word for anvil, наковальня (nakoval'nya). Very roughly can be translated as on-smither. Also this word is feminine.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was having some trouble posting with the title of this post

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

how dare you