tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539078140121436702.post2394566516760184266..comments2023-10-19T12:41:17.051-04:00Comments on Österreichologie: The BasicsÖsterreichologiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639864482166860349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539078140121436702.post-36232876057022436462008-07-16T17:35:00.000-04:002008-07-16T17:35:00.000-04:00Actually, I am so glad you asked! I think animal ...Actually, I am so glad you asked! I think animal noises are funny to compare in different languages, especially in German where both frogs and ducks say "Quag"...but I digress!<BR/><BR/>In German, the rooster says "Kikeriki"! How quaint!Österreichologiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639864482166860349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539078140121436702.post-75864136633743520462008-07-16T17:04:00.000-04:002008-07-16T17:04:00.000-04:00Okay, this is absolutely ridiculous, but it still ...Okay, this is absolutely ridiculous, but it still amazes me that the sound a rooster makes actually sounds like its English onomatopoeia. What in the world does a rooster say in German? <BR/><BR/>Now that that's off my chest, welcome home!! I can't wait to read the next installment of Little Honts on the Prairie. (I know, I know... you were on a mountain, not in a prairie, but I couldn't pass it up.)<BR/><BR/>And really, I have to apologize that the best I can come up with for <I>the very first comment from me upon your return</I> is "how do you say cockadoodledoo in German. Hopeless. :)Spixterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892424665761790829noreply@blogger.com