"The fairies only left Orkney when folk stopped seekin' them" - Anonymous Orcadian
"Never be afraid to seek" - Ally

Sunday, December 07, 2008

I Learned Something New The Other Day...

Ducks in Hungary don't say "Quack"... They say...

Horses don't "Neigh", they...

Roosters certainly don't "Cock-a-doodle-doo"... Instead, preferring to...

Dogs don't "Woof", and Pigs don't "Oink"...


Rabbits don't... er... whatever British Rabbits do... (and I don't mean "buzz" either... drag your minds out of the gutter... we'll have no battery-assisted bunnies on THIS blog, thankyouverymuch!)...


Bears (with or without a sore head) don't sha-la-la-la in the woods... They...


Goats (least, I think this is a goat) don't "Meh"... They...

Frogs (fuj!) don't kiss princesses and turn into handsome princes (unfortunately)... and they don't "Croak" either... They...

Sheep don't "Bah"... They...


And finally, Mice don't "Eeek" or "Squeak"... They...


This led me into thinking... What if a British duck was to meet a Hungarian duck? Neither would know what the other one was speaking about!

And what if Viki went a walk to the Peedie Sea to feed the ducks? Would she say "Hàp, hàp" only to be met with blank looks? Or maybe there would be one lonely Hungarian duck stopped off for a rest who would look up with a shocked and quizzical "Hàp?"

Er... I've got too much time on my hands, I think... juj!

3 comments:

AllyBally said...

Thanks to Viki for the drawings!

Anonymous said...

Lololololol!!!
Hundux vvvvvvvv say hap hap! Further proof... we have verbs, so dux hapog (mins making hap sound), bears brummog (making brumm sound), mice cincog (making cin sound). :))))))))))))
Lol! As am writing, Paxo is hapog beside the box. :)
Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv u r snik! Vvvv cul surprise. :)
Maybe Hundux wud pick up "quack" sun... nem?

AllyBally said...

Paxo is hapoging? Mivan!

He is chicken... nem duck!

Wot hav u been teaching my pets when I am nem here!?