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November 25, 2004

bow wow wow

Filed under: — daphne @ 15:11 GMT

Sven and I were comparing notes on how people describe the way dog barks in the English and Chinese language. Off the top of my head, I only know of one Chinese bark - “wo, wo”. In English there are many - “bark”, “ruff”, “arf”. We couldn’t figure out what’s up with “bow wow”.

2 Comments »

  1. In Chinese, do they have a different way to express a “grrrr” growl?

    Comment by brendan — November 25, 2004 @ 16:04 GMT

  2. Not that I remember…but next time I go through my old comic books I’ll look.

    Comment by daphne — November 29, 2004 @ 20:25 GMT

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