dear Olly;-
     Good idea.  My cat says the equivavent of "Get yer foot off my tail!" But she uses cat language that you would not wish to see on a public medium.\
      Art


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---- Olivier Caro <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Absolutely not shell related, so let's be short.
> Dogs, mice, cats, coks etc. emit sounds or songs that human people translate
> in words.
> Each country has its own words.
>
> Why not collect all the translations possible for each animal's cry, in
> every language of this List ?
>
> I could build a funny webpage with your translations, so, do not hesitate,
> send me some!
> For example, the cock, in french, says "cocorico"; a word that, obvioulsy,
> it never said; in english, this "cocorico" becomes "cock-a-doodle-doo"; not
> exactly the same thing. What about dogs, cats, birds, donkeys etc. in
> German, Spanish, English, American, Italian, Russian, Hebrew etc. etc. ?
>
> Thanks for all your contributions, and many excuses for this invasion in
> shell territories, but brains must be fed in many different ways.
>
> Olivier Caro
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