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ONOMATOPOEIA~?
Pay attention here, and I will show,
In English the word hiccup we know,
is spelled just like it sounds just so,
But is often different where ever we go.
The Spanish do spell it out hipo,
but what comes out, sounds like “EE-poo”.
In France, it is hoquet,
but the silent “H” makes it sound “Oo-kay”.
And to our ears Portuguese, soluço,
is done much lower, even saying it slow, “ so-loos-SO”.
The Italians try to spell it out, singhiozzo,
but it comes out almost like a shout “SUB-e-OSO”,
The Germans are the worse, I found, Schluckauf,
hard to spell but a more easy sound, “schu-lo-fe”
And if you hear a rooster crow, for you,
in America he says, cock a doodle doo.
but in Spain, it's different so we spell, quiquiqui,
and the sound comes out, “Kee-k-RE-kee”
Pay attention here and you will know,
where you landed by a "snart" or a "crow".
So with that my friend this may help you around,
the different way by how they all may sound.
And if you awake on cold wet snow,
after watching a hot and lively show,
and someone says “žagsėti “with a bound,
sounds “sag-SET-ee” it is, to my ear I found,
so I think you were drunk to the end,
and ended up in Lithuania my friend.
Those crazy sounds coming to your ear,
understanding them, lots of luck, but I fear.
Pay attention here, and I will show,
In English the word hiccup we know,
is spelled just like it sounds just so,
But is often different where ever we go.
The Spanish do spell it out hipo,
but what comes out, sounds like “EE-poo”.
In France, it is hoquet,
but the silent “H” makes it sound “Oo-kay”.
And to our ears Portuguese, soluço,
is done much lower, even saying it slow, “ so-loos-SO”.
The Italians try to spell it out, singhiozzo,
but it comes out almost like a shout “SUB-e-OSO”,
The Germans are the worse, I found, Schluckauf,
hard to spell but a more easy sound, “schu-lo-fe”
And if you hear a rooster crow, for you,
in America he says, cock a doodle doo.
but in Spain, it's different so we spell, quiquiqui,
and the sound comes out, “Kee-k-RE-kee”
Pay attention here and you will know,
where you landed by a "snart" or a "crow".
So with that my friend this may help you around,
the different way by how they all may sound.
And if you awake on cold wet snow,
after watching a hot and lively show,
and someone says “žagsėti “with a bound,
sounds “sag-SET-ee” it is, to my ear I found,
so I think you were drunk to the end,
and ended up in Lithuania my friend.
Those crazy sounds coming to your ear,
understanding them, lots of luck, but I fear.
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ALL THE TRICKS OUR EARS CAN PLAY
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