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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Lithuanian is "kva kva"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (7 children)

German is wrong. Its Quak.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah. It sounds correct but the spelling is not known to me

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

mu mu (toki pona).

All animals say "mu" in Toki Pona btw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

They're justified and they're ancient!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

We need a version of "What does the Fox Say" with every animal sound replaced with 'mu'.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

(POLISH)

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This has popped up in the wild a few times recently

Why

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Hot take, English got it wrong. I've never heard a frog make a sound like "ribbit". German or Turkish, on the other hand, seems like a sensible and appropriate sound a frog would make.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Counterpoint: "Kwaak" is the sound a duck makes, so frogs gotta say something else.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Have you ever set by a creek on a warm summer night? It's more like riib riib riib riib, but I can see where ribbit came from

Edit: found this which is pretty close to what I'm talking about.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've definitely heard some sort of frog/toad make the "ribbit" sound, but I'd say the German "kwaak" is probably more common. The various Asian sounds seem odd to me though. I suppose it is entirely possible the frogs makes different sounds there.

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