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Old 05-15-2015, 12:37 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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USA, much like that of the Philippines with some differences:

cat? "Meow"
dog? "woof woof"
frog? "rib-it" (only one species actually makes this sound)
pig? "oink"

sneezing? "achooo!"
crying? "waaaaaah"
laughing? "haha" (Mexican-Americans will write jajajaja)
short laugh? "Ha!"
unpleasant? "Ew!" or "yuck!"
enjoying/happy? Didn't know there was a word for this

knocking at the door? "knock knock"
gun shots? "pow pow" or "bang bang"
hammer? don't know
car? "vrooooom"
slap? "smack"
explosion? "Booom!"
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Old 05-15-2015, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Europe
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cat? miauu miauu
dog? guau guau
frog? croac croac
pig? oink oink

sneezing? achiiis/achuuus
crying? bwuaaabuauaa buaaa
laughing? jajajaja
short laugh? jeje
unpleasant? bah
enjoying/happy? weeeeee

knocking at the door? toc toc toc
gun shots? pum!!
hammer? no idea...
car? brummm brummm
slap? plas!!
explosion? boommm!!
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Old 05-15-2015, 06:36 PM
 
Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
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cat? - miau
dog? - vuf/hau
frog? - kru kru / kur kur
pig? - röh röh

sneezing? - atshuu
crying? - yhyy/yääh
laughing? - HAHAHA
short laugh? - HAH
unpleasant? - hyi/yh
enjoying/happy? - jee/jihuu

knocking at the door? - kop kop
gun shots? - PAM PAM / PAU PAU
hammer? - tök tök
car? - bröm bröm
slap? - släp/läps
explosion? - BUM / PUM
What? Lol
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Old 05-15-2015, 06:38 PM
 
Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
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More animals in French:

chicken: pok pok
rooster: cocorico
cow: meuh (not sure in English)
duck: coin coin (not sure in English again)
mouse: squee squee
bird: kwee kwee
Coin coin. LOL!!
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Old 05-15-2015, 07:24 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Coin coin. LOL!!
In French, "coin coin" is pronounced something like "kwahn kwahn" with nasal 'n' so it sounds similar to our "quack quack"
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Old 05-15-2015, 07:34 PM
 
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I'll give the Spanish point of view since it's my native language (Puerto Rico). There seems to be overlap with catbelle

cat? miau
dog? bau bau
frog? coquí
pig? cochi

sneezing? achu
crying? weeeee
laughing? jajaja
short laugh? jeje
unpleasant? fo
enjoying/happy? iii

knocking at the door? pum pum
gun shots? ba ba ba
hammer? toc toc
car? rrum
slap? pla
explosion? búm
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Old 05-15-2015, 07:36 PM
 
Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
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In French, "coin coin" is pronounced something like "kwahn kwahn" with nasal 'n' so it sounds similar to our "quack quack"
Don't want to hear from you.
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Old 05-15-2015, 08:27 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Don't want to hear from you.
Feeling is mutual yet there you are.
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Old 05-15-2015, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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enjoying/happy? Didn't know there was a word for this
The only one I can think of is "YAY!"
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Old 05-16-2015, 04:30 AM
 
Location: WA
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Indonesian

cat? ngeong ngeong or miao miao
dog? gong gong, guk guk or kaing kaing
frog? kwebek kwebek, kekok kekok
pig? ngok ngok, oik oik

sneezing? hachim or aching
crying? huhuhu or huaaaa
laughing? hahahahaha, hihihihihih, hehehehehe, hohohohoho, wkakakakaka, wkwkwkwkwk, wkowkowkwok, wkaowkaokaow, wkekekekek, bruakakakakka, ciakakakkaka, nyiahahahah, xixixixixiixx, bahahaha, muahahahaha and many more
short laugh? haha HAHA ha, if you're being sarcastic just say ha ha.
unpleasant? ihh, aih, is lahhh, but when texting bzzz, bezet, or zzzz
enjoying/happy? yeeee ! cihuy ! aseeeek ! yuhuuuu !

knocking at the door? tok tok tok
gun shots? dor dor dor
hammer? pak pak pak
car? brum brum brum, buuum buuum buuum, ngiungggg, ngoengggg
slap? plak or piak
explosion? dhuaaaar, jedheeeeer, jedhuuuum, jedhaaaaaar, dhuummmm
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