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Offline Misty

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How to say Woof in 10 Languages
« on: Wednesday, 16 December, 2015 @ 15:40:39 »
Just read this in a woman's magazine

How to say Woof 10 Languages

Wuff wuff. German

Ghav ghav Greek

Guau guau Spanish

Gav gav Russian

Wff wff Welsh

Wan wan Japanese

Bau bau Italian

Blaf blaf Dutch

Ouah ouah French

Wang wang Mandarin

So Ghav ghav to all dogs over there and a Woof Wff ( me being half Welsh) from me


Offline Bluenose

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Re: How to say Woof in 10 Languages
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, 16 December, 2015 @ 15:51:41 »
The French one sounds like the fat one in the Wurzels !

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Re: How to say Woof in 10 Languages
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, 16 December, 2015 @ 17:48:57 »
Wtf Wtf

Offline Maik

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Re: How to say Woof in 10 Languages
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, 16 December, 2015 @ 17:52:03 »
Problem understanding your dog? Listen here to check if your dog's woofing in Latin:

(...according to Google Translate)

Offline TonyKath

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Re: How to say Woof in 10 Languages
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, 17 December, 2015 @ 12:03:00 »
Er... German is Wau Wau, pronounced "vow vow".  Wuff wuff actually turns out to be... English! ;)

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Re: How to say Woof in 10 Languages
« Reply #5 on: Thursday, 17 December, 2015 @ 12:59:24 »
Maybe the women's mag used Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/#en/de/woof%20woof

Quite amusing to listen to the translations, the English one sounds like wirfwirf, the German whooof whoof.
Sounds like both 'dogs' need a good rest!