tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post4497992368481576623..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Are Onomatopoeias Related To The Actual Animal Sounds? (Woof-woof vs. Hav-hav)joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-14955318547493678572007-02-13T22:48:00.000-05:002007-02-13T22:48:00.000-05:00is the word burp, onomatopoeia?how about yawn?is the word burp, onomatopoeia?<BR/><BR/>how about yawn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-35675759131355756862007-02-13T09:48:00.000-05:002007-02-13T09:48:00.000-05:00there was a news article a while back in which sci...there was a news article a while back in which scientists wanted to study this phenomenon claimed by shepherds in Ireland (I think) -- that sheeps baa'd in the local dialect, having picked up phonemes from the local shepherds, and that they could tell where a sheep was from from its baa.<BR/><BR/>don't know if anything came of that research, though.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-89081373258378685572007-02-13T02:49:00.000-05:002007-02-13T02:49:00.000-05:00Where do the dogs get their sounds from? Surely it...Where do the dogs get their sounds from? Surely it's affected by the sounds they hear around them. This explains why wolves howl and coyotes yip, but dogs bark - they're imitating the staccato sounds of their masters. If this is the case then we have a better answer for why Israeli dogs say <I>hav-hav</I> and English ones say <I>bow-wow</I>. It's not a transcription error: these dogs are truly speaking different languages ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com