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I find frogs an interesting example because our English sound, "ribbit", is a decent onomatopoeia for the pacific tree frog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewbcP3Gtf8
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swimmylionni.bsky.social
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But most frogs don't sound like that at all. I found this large collection:
https://earth.fm/playlists/frog-sounds/
Sounds range from groans to throat-clearing to barks to wood flutes. Most of them could appropriately be called croaks, but you wouldn't transcribe them as "ribbit".
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swimmylionni.bsky.social
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But in Japanese the traditional frog sound is "kerokero".
I have no idea what frog makes a sound like that. To me, Japanese tree frogs sound like "waka waka waka".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8SPqG4C7t4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewbcP3Gtf8
https://earth.fm/playlists/frog-sounds/
Sounds range from groans to throat-clearing to barks to wood flutes. Most of them could appropriately be called croaks, but you wouldn't transcribe them as "ribbit".
I have no idea what frog makes a sound like that. To me, Japanese tree frogs sound like "waka waka waka".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8SPqG4C7t4