the verb to describe the sound of frog
gloria
We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls and lion roars. Then
what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a possible
answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
Thanks in advance. With regards,
Gloria
bert
> Dear all,
>
> We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls and lion roars. Then
> what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a possible
> answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
A frog usually croaks.
--
the Omrud
A frog croaks. Of course, some frogs don't literally croak - I remember
my first encounter with the sound of bullfrogs in the USA. I thought
they must be some huge mammal.
--
David
Steve Hayes
Croak.
Granny, make a noise like a frog.
Why, Johnny?
Daddy says we'll get a lot of money when you croak.
--
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Clive
A frog croaks.
Clive
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Don Phillipson
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> A frog usually croaks.
Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes. In America
small frogs are called peepers because their sound is "peep."
--
Don Phillipson
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(Ottawa, Canada)
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musika
gloria <glori...@gmail.com> typed:
> Dear all,
>
> We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls
wolves howl (a wolf howls)
and lion roars.
lions roar (a lion roars)
Then
> what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a possible
> answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
> Thanks in advance. With regards,
>
frogs croak (a frog croaks)
--
Ray
UK
Mudge
"Ribbett" works well
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Jerry Friedman
> On 2009-11-05 04:53:09 -0700, gloria said:
>
> > We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls and lion roars. Then
> > what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a possible
> > answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
> > Thanks in advance. With regards,
>
> "Ribbett" works well
At least in parts of North America. Donna Richoux once listened to a
lot of sound files and found that the Carpenter Frog (southeast U.S.)
and the Pacific Chorus Frog say "ribbit".
Do any frogs around Calgary say "ribbit"?
Of course, the bullfrog, mentioned by the Omrud, says "jug o' rum".
--
Jerry Friedman
Peter Moylan
A chook walks into a library and says "book, book". The librarian,
curious to see what will happen, puts a book down in front of the chook.
The chook picks up the book and walks out.
Half an hour later, the chook is back with the book in its beak. It
drops the book on the floor and says "book, book". So the librarian
gives it another book.
Half an hour later, the chook is back once again. And again after
another half hour. This time, the librarian decides to follow the chook
to see what is going on.
Well, the chook goes down the road with the librarian following. Then
down another road, and so on until they get to a river.
At the side of the river is a frog. The chook goes up to the frog, drops
the book in front of it, and says "book, book".
And the frog says "reddit, reddit".
--
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For an e-mail address, see my web page.
Nick
> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
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Mark Brader
>>> what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog?
"Croak" is the normal one.
>> "Ribbett" works well
I've never seen that spelling.
> At least in parts of North America. Donna Richoux once listened to a
> lot of sound files and found that the Carpenter Frog (southeast U.S.)
> and the Pacific Chorus Frog say "ribbit".
That's the spelling I normally see. But it's usually used as a noun or
interjection, not a verb.
--
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m...@vex.net | -- Dick McDonald
Mudge
>>>> We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls and lion roars. Then
>>>> what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog?
>
> "Croak" is the normal one.
>
>>> "Ribbett" works well
>
> I've never seen that spelling.
>
>> At least in parts of North America. Donna Richoux once listened to a
>> lot of sound files and found that the Carpenter Frog (southeast U.S.)
>> and the Pacific Chorus Frog say "ribbit".
>
> That's the spelling I normally see. But it's usually used as a noun or
> interjection, not a verb.
But you do live much closer to Keebeck than I - and the altitude here
causes a slight change in the accent - when I was living with the
froggies in Keebeck - they were all croaking "Pepsi, Pepsi" !!!
Roland Hutchinson
> Nick wrote:
>>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds often vary
>>> with language. The only Greek known by many English speakers is
>>> "brekekekek coax coax," the frog call as written by classic playwright
>>> Aristophanes.
>>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
>
> Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
> and if so may I watch?
Clearly a case of the punishment fitting the crime.
--
Roland Hutchinson
He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba,"
... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy.
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Opinicus
wrote:
> > what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a possible
> > answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
> > Thanks in advance. With regards,
> frogs croak (a frog croaks)
In 405 BCE it was "Brekekekex-koax-koax".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frogs
;-)
--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com
Nick
> Nick wrote:
>>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
>>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
>>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
>>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
>>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
>
> Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
> and if so may I watch?
I probably can, but you probably don't want to listen. And I might need
some time to rehydrate my lips along the way.
Chuck Riggs
<roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:
>Nick wrote:
>>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
>>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
>>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
>>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
>>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
>
>Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
>and if so may I watch?
Attack G&S, will you? You'll earn some plonks if you're not careful.
--
Regards,
Chuck Riggs,
An American who lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE
Evan Kirshenbaum
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:22:52 +0000 (UTC), Roger Burton West
> <roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:
>
>>Nick wrote:
>>>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>>>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
>>>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
>>>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
>>>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
>>>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
>>
>>Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense
>>_Pinafore_, and if so may I watch?
>
> Attack G&S, will you? You'll earn some plonks if you're not careful.
Whoosh? The line is Gilbert's, from _The Pirates of Penzance_, in,
relvantly, the "Major-General's Song":
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies, I
know the croaking chorus from _The Frogs_ of Aristophanes! Then I
can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore, And
whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_.
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Cece
It's used when a knitter mentions "frog stitch" and someone else asks
what that stitch is. (Say "ribbit, ribbit" but don't voice the /b/
and you'll understand.)
John Varela
A bullfrog says "jug o' rum".
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Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email
John Varela
<3-no...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote:
> Roger Burton West <roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> writes:
>
> > Nick wrote:
> >>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
> >>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
> >>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
> >>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
> >>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
> >>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
> >
> > Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
> > and if so may I watch?
>
> I probably can, but you probably don't want to listen. And I might need
> some time to rehydrate my lips along the way.
Getting even further off topic, I find that as I age I have
difficulty whistling at all. I've always wished I could make that
loud whistle through the fingers that people use to summon taxi
cabs, and it appears that I'm never going to learn how.
Barb Knox
Chuck Riggs <chr...@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:22:52 +0000 (UTC), Roger Burton West
> <roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:
>
> >Nick wrote:
> >>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
> >>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
> >>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
> >>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
> >>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
> >>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
> >
> >Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
> >and if so may I watch?
>
> Attack G&S, will you? You'll earn some plonks if you're not careful.
"One can always count on Gilbert & Sullivan for a rousing finale -- full
of words and music, and signifying nothing."
-- Tom Lehrer, "Clementine"
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> Late response - but if you really think Pinafore is "infernal
> nonsense" you are a 1st class moron.
If you don't, apparently, you're only a 2nd class moron. Let's see, is
the medal for that antimony, arsenic, aluminum, or selenium?
�R
R H Draney
>
>On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:22:52 +0000 (UTC), Roger Burton West
><roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:
>
>>Nick wrote:
>>>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>>>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
>>>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
>>>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
>>>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
>>>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
>>
>>Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
>>and if so may I watch?
>
>Attack G&S, will you? You'll earn some plonks if you're not careful.
It's a case of G attacking S, innit....r
--
A pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?
R H Draney
These three prefer a different beverage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS5ZB1gBTEk
Chuck Riggs
wrote:
>On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:22:08 UTC, Nick
><3-no...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Roger Burton West <roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> writes:
>>
>> > Nick wrote:
>> >>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>> >>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
>> >>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
>> >>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
>> >>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
>> >>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
>> >
>> > Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
>> > and if so may I watch?
>>
>> I probably can, but you probably don't want to listen. And I might need
>> some time to rehydrate my lips along the way.
>
>Getting even further off topic, I find that as I age I have
>difficulty whistling at all.
Frustrating, isn't it? At times I can't get the notes out at all. At
least I can still sing.
> I've always wished I could make that
>loud whistle through the fingers that people use to summon taxi
>cabs, and it appears that I'm never going to learn how.
I never could do that either, but I made up for it by developing a
commanding raised index finger and taxi stare.
Chuck Riggs
<kirsh...@hpl.hp.com> wrote:
>Chuck Riggs <chr...@eircom.net> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:22:52 +0000 (UTC), Roger Burton West
>> <roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Nick wrote:
>>>>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>>>>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
>>>>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
>>>>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
>>>>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
>>>>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
>>>
>>>Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense
>>>_Pinafore_, and if so may I watch?
>>
>> Attack G&S, will you? You'll earn some plonks if you're not careful.
>
>Whoosh? The line is Gilbert's...
So it is.
John Varela
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:22:52 +0000 (UTC), Roger Burton West
> <roger+aeu...@nospam.firedrake.org> wrote:
>
> >Nick wrote:
> >>"Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
> >>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
> >>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
> >>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
> >>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
> >>Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
> >
> >Can you whistle _all_ the airs from that infernal nonsense _Pinafore_,
> >and if so may I watch?
>
> Late response - but if you really think Pinafore is "infernal
> nonsense" you are a 1st class moron. It is a great work of
> intelligence far beyond anything you could possible cobble together.
> You ought top be ashamed for fartin* such cra* - but I doubt you will
> ever understand how stupid you are.
How's this for cobbling together:
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's,
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabalous.
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes.
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from than infernal nonsense Pinafore.
zmora
> On Nov 5, 4:03 pm, Mudge <Nos...@never.ever> wrote:
>
> > On 2009-11-05 04:53:09 -0700, gloria said:
>
> > > We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls and lion roars. Then
> > > what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a possible
> > > answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
> > > Thanks in advance. With regards,
>
> > "Ribbett" works well
>
> At least in parts of North America. Donna Richoux once listened to a
> lot of sound files and found that the Carpenter Frog (southeast U.S.)
> and the Pacific Chorus Frog say "ribbit".
>
>
> Do any frogs around Calgary say "ribbit"?
>
> Of course, the bullfrog, mentioned by the Omrud, says "jug o' rum".
>
> --
> Jerry Friedman
Hi!
In Russian frogs say kwa-kwa. The corresponding verb is something like
kwakat'. That is frogs are 'kwaying'
Olga, Moscow
Steve Hayes
>In Russian frogs say kwa-kwa. The corresponding verb is something like
>kwakat'. That is frogs are 'kwaying'
I think South African frogs speak with a Russian accent rather than a Greek or
American one.
--
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Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
Peter Moylan
> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:17:40 -0800 (PST), zmora <zmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In Russian frogs say kwa-kwa. The corresponding verb is something like
>> kwakat'. That is frogs are 'kwaying'
>
> I think South African frogs speak with a Russian accent rather than a Greek or
> American one.
Clearly we still have a lot to learn about the migratory habits of frogs.
John Holmes
> On Nov 5, 4:03 pm, Mudge <Nos...@never.ever> wrote:
>> On 2009-11-05 04:53:09 -0700, gloria said:
>>
>>> We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls and lion roars. Then
>>> what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a
>>> possible answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer
>>> for me. Thanks in advance. With regards,
>>
>> "Ribbett" works well
>
> At least in parts of North America. Donna Richoux once listened to a
> lot of sound files and found that the Carpenter Frog (southeast U.S.)
> and the Pacific Chorus Frog say "ribbit".
>
>
> Do any frogs around Calgary say "ribbit"?
>
> Of course, the bullfrog, mentioned by the Omrud, says "jug o' rum".
The most common frog in south-eastern Australia says "pobblebonk", which
is why it is called the "banjo frog".
http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Limnodynastes/dumerili/
By contrast, this accordion frog doesn't say much at all:
http://wists.com/downintheriver/1465c768a469c552d1a2e25558b04962?offset=0
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Roland Hutchinson
> The most common frog in south-eastern Australia says "pobblebonk", which
> is why it is called the "banjo frog".
> http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Limnodynastes/dumerili/ By contrast,
> this accordion frog doesn't say much at all:
> http://wists.com/downintheriver/1465c768a469c552d1a2e25558b04962?
offset=0
Well, it's each accordion to its ability, innit.
Mike Lyle
> "Don Phillipson" <e9...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes:
>
>> Yes indeed, for English -- but the words for animal sounds
>> often vary with language. The only Greek known by many
>> English speakers is "brekekekek coax coax," the frog
>> call as written by classic playwright Aristophanes.
>
> Now I'm suffering from stuck major-general syndrome.
As the actress said to the GOC.
--
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Solo Thesailor
> Dear all,
>
> We know that cats meow, dogs bark, wolves howls and lion roars. Then
> what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google a possible
> answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
> Thanks in advance. With regards,
>
'e warns ya "Knee-deep, knee-deep. Betta go R-O-U-N-DDDDD! Knee-deep,
Knee-deep".
Take heed. Don't tell 'im to croak it. Thank 'im!
Solo Thesailor
Caesar Romano
> what verb do we use to decribe the sound of frog? I google apossible
> answer, but in vain. Hope you can come up with an answer for me.
> Thanks in advance. With regards,
Croak
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