B-Zilla Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 What always makes me smile are the fun japanese phrases of repeating sounds-ペコペコ (peko peko) to be very hungryテンテン (ten ten) dots, small marksバラバラ (bara bara) all over the place, scattered aroundアチコチ (atchi kotchi) here and thereヒトビト (hito bito) a general term for people as in "people say..."グルグル (guru guru) spinning slowly, like a drunk guy swaying as he is about to fallヒソヒソ (hiso hiso) the sound of whisperingピヨピヨ (piyo piyo) the sound of baby chickensペラペラ (pera pera) blah blah blahパクパク (paku paku) the sound of shoveling food into your mouth in large quantities quickly Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozolins Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 In Swedish we also have "fart" for speed. But what most English speakers react to is the word "fack", meaning a lot of things, category for example. One can also make funny sentences with the words "å" (stream) and "ö" (island)Smäll, which in some cases means crash, as in car crash, in Swedish, is procounciated as smell. If a Swede says "It's not the fart that kills, it's the smell", now you'll know what they're trying to say I don't think they are called that anymore, and I don't even know exactly what it is, we had fack skolor (my dictionary says vocational school) in Sweden. If you said it in English, it would be fack schools. (Asked to spell fack, English speakers would probably spell it with a u instead of an a) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 EZZZAHH...pronounced ezza7..used in things like "will you stop it ezzahhh"..or "whats this BS ezzzah". Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 EZZZAHH...pronounced ezza7..used in things like "will you stop it ezzahhh"..or "whats this BS ezzzah".pronounced ezza7? Can you clarify?This reminds me of Russell Peters... Trust me, you're not gonna regret those 8 minutes Have you noticed how each language portrays sounds differently? onomatopoeia...English: cock-a-doodle-dooSpanish: ki-kiri-kiHindi: coo-ko-ru-coo Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 pronounced ezza7? Can you clarify?LOL, I tried, but I couldnt..the '7' is like..umm..,.for example..if you're burnt or something you say "ouch!" or "ahhh" not "aah" as in screaming..but "aah" as in .i dont know! You know think about a snake making the sound...the last letter is that!No idea if that makes sense, but its the best I can do. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 LOL, I tried, but I couldnt..the '7' is like..umm..,.for example..if you're burnt or something you say "ouch!" or "ahhh" not "aah" as in screaming..but "aah" as in .i dont know! You know think about a snake making the sound...the last letter is that!When I tried that, I got "ehsas" (which means intrinsic/intuitive feeling in Hindi )do snakes make a hisssssssing sound? lol Yeah I think i got a "aah" sound.. like a short yelp more than a scream? So then the last syllable is stressed? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Haha lol yeah! that! the "ehsas"! the way you pronounce the 'h'....loland no snakes make "HHHHAAA" sound..lol. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted May 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 What kinda snakes do you have there Maha? Animal sounds are obviously different in countries, but most snakes I know say "sssssssssssssss".In Finland, we use the sounds "röh röh" for pigs, while the English use "oink oink". How many pigs actually say "oink"?And Finnish dogs say "hau hau" while English ones say "woof woof".Also, what people yell when something stings/hurts them is different. My German classmate says "Awa", I say "Ai (pronounced like "eye" in English) and the English say "Ouch". Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahuta ♥ Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 I say AIEEEEE..or AHHHH( with the 'h' pronounced as "..."..the thing i tried to explain!)LOL Viivi you get me dont you?! the arabic letter..like himar? (donkey) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted May 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Yeah I know what 7 stands for, but what I'm saying is snakes don't usually say "haaaa". So I can see why the perosn above though essa7 was pronounced essasssssss instead of essahhhhhh. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 In Finland, we use the sounds "röh röh" for pigs, while the English use "oink oink". How many pigs actually say "oink"?And Finnish dogs say "hau hau" while English ones say "woof woof".Also, what people yell when something stings/hurts them is different. My German classmate says "Awa", I say "Ai (pronounced like "eye" in English) and the English say "Ouch".I have an English cup with a cow, sheep and pig on it, and when I was young, I never understood how come English pigs say "oink", when the Swedish pigs say "nöff nöff" Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesire_Cat Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Italian:dai (sounds like "die")= come onI try not to use it anymore, because when it slips I get funny stares Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Italian: dai (sounds like "die")= come on I try not to use it anymore, because when it slips I get funny stareslol that would be an interesting conversation'Dai' is also a title of a revered, quasi-knight. I think it means "guide" in Arabic or Sanskrit. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Well it's not really a funny word except for that it's actually bordering on the sublimely ridiculous...Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ClickIt's a tiny village in Anglesey (N. Wales). Its inhabitants, I am reliably informed, rarely receive postcards. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 I've heard of that place. Do they even have a post office? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
herong2x Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 well bobo in tagalog (Philippine language) means stupid. i find it interesting and funny because the samesyllable repeats. i also found an interesting fact that babo is also stupid in korean. how related languages are! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Smäll, which in some cases means crash, as in car crash, in Swedish, is procounciated as smell. If a Swede says "It's not the fart that kills, it's the smell", now you'll know what they're trying to say I don't think they are called that anymore, and I don't even know exactly what it is, we had fack skolor (my dictionary says vocational school) in Sweden. If you said it in English, it would be fack schools. (Asked to spell fack, English speakers would probably spell it with a u instead of an a)I think they still do exist, but I'm not sure. There's also a small village close to where I live called "Fjuckby", which is quite vulgar both in Swedish and in English. We also have the word "prick" meaning dot. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldarion Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Hölökynkölökyn = Cheers (when rising a toast)It just sounds so fun. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idIB Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 ペコペコ (peko peko) to be very hungryテンテン (ten ten) dots, small marksバラバラ (bara bara) all over the place, scattered aroundアチコチ (atchi kotchi) here and thereヒトビト (hito bito) a general term for people as in "people say..."グルグル (guru guru) spinning slowly, like a drunk guy swaying as he is about to fallヒソヒソ (hiso hiso) the sound of whisperingピヨピヨ (piyo piyo) the sound of baby chickensペラペラ (pera pera) blah blah blahパクパク (paku paku) the sound of shoveling food into your mouth in large quantities quickly there's also pikapika kirakira and chirachira all mean shiningwhat i find funny is that in Japanese there are few sounds so many words mean more than one thingex. kami = paper, hair, Godalso some chinese names when traslated to english sound very strangeex. Wong Long Long, Chan Ting Ching etcand my favourite french wordpantouffles = slippers Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted May 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Italian:dai (sounds like "die")= come onI try not to use it anymore, because when it slips I get funny stares"Dai" in Hebrew means "Enough". It's hilarious when you're on the street and parents are screaming "Dai!" at their kids and there's foreigners walking past. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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