Thu, 03/07/2008 - 5:26pm — Johnny Grammar


Have you ever thought about how some words really sound perfect for what they’re describing? Think about the words we use to describe animal noises, for example. My favourite is the word for the noise a frog makes, which is English is ribbit-ribbit. It’s different in every language but it always sounds like a frog! Here are a few more of the words we use to describe the noises animals make, try saying them and see what you think. What noises do animals make in your language?

 

Cats – miaow

Birds – tweet / chirp (except parrots, which squawk!)

Lions – roar

Cows – moo

Dogs – bark / woof

Sheep – baa

Horses – neigh (also clip-clop, which is the noise their feet make when they walk)

Cockerels – cock-a-doodle-doo

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Mon, 07/07/2008 - 3:27pm — Johnny Grammar


Actually these words are called onomatopoeia. I'm going to talk about them some more in my next couple of blogs. Thanks for letting us know what Korean dogs say!

 

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Fri, 04/07/2008 - 10:03am — andynewton


I know in Korean that dogs say 'mong mong'.

Is there a grammatical word for these sounds Johnny?

I like words which describe sounds that objects make like 'boom! or 'buzzzz'

 

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