▲ 63 ▼ How different countries and languages represent barking dog sound in words (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/linguistics@mander.xyz 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) The one for the Netherlands is wrong: dogs say "blaf blaf" here, not "waf waf." permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kertyna@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Probably also depends on where in the Netherlands you are. Rarely hear anyone say "Blaf!" I thought "Woef!" would be the most common. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Well, they say the city I live in has the most neutral of all Dutch accents... therefore, so do our dogs! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kertyna@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) Probably also depends on where in the Netherlands you are. Rarely hear anyone say "Blaf!" I thought "Woef!" would be the most common. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Well, they say the city I live in has the most neutral of all Dutch accents... therefore, so do our dogs! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago Well, they say the city I live in has the most neutral of all Dutch accents... therefore, so do our dogs! permalink fedilink source parent
