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The Pretty Horse-Breakers
Jul. 6th, 2012 07:47 amSomeone in Whyalla stole 42kg of mayonnaise last month, and now a large amount of meat has gone missing. Obviously they should be looking for someone making a really big hamburger.
Which brings us to this week's random word:
10. Oink
Thank you, random word generator. What can I say about 'oink'? Oink is what anglophone pigs say. What do they say if theyspeak grunt other languages? Let's see what the internet says:
Do tell me if the internet has led me astray there, or if I can add any more.
Really, though, it has been suggested that cows and goats have regional accents, so why not pigs?
Next week: Nigh
Which brings us to this week's random word:
10. Oink
Thank you, random word generator. What can I say about 'oink'? Oink is what anglophone pigs say. What do they say if they
| Language | Oink, oink |
| Afrikaans | Snork |
| Cantonese | Jul |
| Danish | øf –øf |
| Dutch | Knor, knor |
| English | Oink, oink |
| Finnish | Nöff, nöff or neff, neff |
| French | Groin, groin |
| German | Grunz, grunz |
| Hungarian | Röf, röf |
| Italian | Oink, oink |
| Japanese | Buu, buu |
| Lithuanian | Kriu, kriu |
| Mandarin Chinese | Zhu or hulu, hulu |
| Polish | Chrum, chrum or krum, krum |
| Portuguese | Roncar |
| Russian | Hrgu, hrgu |
| Serbo-croat | Hrrrrr |
| Spanish | Oink, oink |
| Swedish | Nöff, nöff or neff, neff |
| Thai | Ood, ood |
| Turkish | Hoink, hoink |
| Vietnamese | Ut it |
Do tell me if the internet has led me astray there, or if I can add any more.
Really, though, it has been suggested that cows and goats have regional accents, so why not pigs?
Next week: Nigh