October 22, 2005

Norsk Trivia of the Moment

Sounds made by animals according to Norwegians. I've brought these up from earlier comment(s) placed by our resident "gender casserole"* Sara.

Cow (Ku): "mø"
Pig (Gris): "grynt" or "snøft"
Rooster (Hane): "kykkeliky"
Dog (Hund): "voff"
Cat (Katt): "mjau"
Frog (Frosk): "kvekk kvekk"
Horse (Hest): "vrinsk"

Lemmings make a squishing kind of a sound when they get caught under your car on the vidde.


* In case you missed it in my letter to King Harald, "gender casserole" is the phrase you get when you translate "sex-pot" English -> Norweigan -> English using auto-translation.