The part of Saturday’s post about the noises that pigs make reminded me of the time last year when my French grammar professor, having gone off on a considerable tangent, taught my class the onomatopoeic words for sounds that French farm animals make. A little Googling turned up this very useful list of animal sounds in various languages. My favorite French ones, in increasing order of how amusing I find them, are below. Happy Bastille Day.
Cow: “meuh”
Chicken: “cotcotcodet”
Rooster: “cocorico”
Chick: “piou piou”
Turkey: “glou glou”
Duck: “coin coin”
Pig: “groin groin”
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