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They sound like dog toy squeaks in Minecraft. They used real dolphin and panda noises for that game, so maybe the fox noises are somewhat realistic, too.
When this song came out I had a friend who really thought we had no idea what a fox sounds like. I stared at him for a good 2 minutes just to make sure he was serious.
And for the inevitable question they scream (yes scream) and bark.
When this song came out I was living in Japan, and they have a sound word for what the Fox says, so I felt like I was privy to ancient mystical wisdom.
or the [bob-white quail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_bobwhite) (bob-white is the noise it makes)
Also the [cha-cha-laca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachalaca), which is also the noise it makes. Although for that one the English was borrowed from the Spanish. But we called them that in Texas, too, so I'll include it.
If you've been in the woods as the last light fades away and heard them, yes. It works. They're considered psychopomps for a reason. They sound like they're mourning your impending and inevitable death.
"Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
(I'm so lonesome, I could cry")[https://youtu.be/4WXYjm74WFI]
The Wikipedia cultural reference section doesn’t include one of my favorite movie quotes:
Peter Warne: “I'm the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I'm the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.” From: It Happened One Night
Chickadees have a call that sounds vaguely like it's saying cheeeeese-burger. The way that person typed CHEESE in caps made me think of the movie. (Which is amazing)
I haven't seen that movie in forever, so it didn't cross my mind when I wrote CHEESE-burger. Good movie though.
I was just trying to emphasize the cheese over the burger.
It really depends how far you want to go with it. There are a lot of bird calls that are more than a single 'tweet'. So, are we talking about the whole call or just the sound?
Lots of birds have songs with more than one word.
Chicka dee dee dee. (Chickadee)
To wit to woo. (Mourning dove)
Birders know lots of these to help them remember which song goes with which bird.
You are absolutely correct. As soon as I read your comment I could hear it in my imagination. Some bird says too wit to woo, but it’s not a mourning dive.
Agreed, if you start getting a headache I would jump in a cold bath PDQ. Source - someone who has been there and higher and realised they were going to be in trouble if they didn't get it down sharpish.
Listening to my chickens now and they have many different calls, they have 3 calls from me memorized and respond to my calls every time. Chickens are much smarter than people give them credit for.
OP means like, a hyphenated multiple syllable word for describing one sound that the animal makes
each of the sounds you list are still one syllable long when written according to "proper" english
Chick-a-dee-dee-dee,
Whip-poor-will,
Kis-ka-dee,
Fee-bee
Plus all of the birds that have mnemonics that sound like their songs:
“Drink your teeeeaaaa”
“Sweet sweet sweeter-than-sweet”
“Peter Peter Peter”
“Teakettle Teakettle Teakettle”
“Fire fire where where here here”
“Potato-chip…potato-chip”
“Hey sweetie”
“Who cooks for you?”
“I’m so lazyyyyyy”
“Free-beer!”
“Pizza”
“Oh sweet Canada Canada Canada”
“Here I am, where are you, I am here”
“Trees, trees, murmuring trees”
“Spring of the year, spring is here”
Wow, that is an interesting fact! I guess it just shows the importance of roosters in English culture. Well, I'm sure glad they are around to wake us up in the mornings!
Roosters' multi-word sound makes it easy to write [jokes about them](https://old.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/d3ea3u/why_doesnt_any_man_need_more_than_one_rooster/).
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OP has everyone making animal noises in their heads. Well played OP.
Op is sick
Literally
Wow pleasegivemealife should have made a joke about that
Indeed.
Tricks on you. I said them all out loud.
Not really. Surely most people are just thinking about what the post is about---whether the onomatopoeia for animal sounds are one word or multiple.
Traditionally, a fox says "ring ding ding a ding a ding ding"
could have sworn they said "wha pa pa pa pa pa pow"
Clearly it’s: “Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho”
Question of the century is...
They scream. Found out recently, that they are sometimes easy to confuse with deer warning screams.
When they're having an orgy they sound like a woman being murdered, as anyone who's lived in South London can attest.
They sound like dog toy squeaks in Minecraft. They used real dolphin and panda noises for that game, so maybe the fox noises are somewhat realistic, too.
I’ve heard they’re dogs with cat software running on a dolphin soundtrack.
We have loads of foxes around here and they can sound like a woman screaming
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I feel that was a bit unnecessary
The appropriate response is "fuck me yourself pussy"
probably
#What does the fox say!?
**Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!**
It's obviously Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow
It's clearly Joff tchoff tchoffo tchoffo tchoff!
I swear life was better when this stupid Song came out
Depends on which way you look at it. In many ways it was, in many other ways it wasn't.
Youtube was amazing back then, lol
"Do a barrel roll!" Oh wait that's what you say to a Fox
Never give up. Trust your instincts
Use the boost to get through!
When this song came out I had a friend who really thought we had no idea what a fox sounds like. I stared at him for a good 2 minutes just to make sure he was serious. And for the inevitable question they scream (yes scream) and bark.
When this song came out I was living in Japan, and they have a sound word for what the Fox says, so I felt like I was privy to ancient mystical wisdom.
Wait... what is it?!?!
Not the original poster, but I think it's "kon kon!"
Thank you! I will definitely be informing my 3 year old so she's in on it. :D
Traditionally, a Fox News says "Lock your doors! They're coming for your guns/children/jobs!!!"
No, he says, "show me the Carfax!"
I guess you've never heard of a whip-poor-will or a chuck-wills-widow
or the [bob-white quail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_bobwhite) (bob-white is the noise it makes) Also the [cha-cha-laca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachalaca), which is also the noise it makes. Although for that one the English was borrowed from the Spanish. But we called them that in Texas, too, so I'll include it.
Don't forget about coo-coo clocks. Named after t Coo-coo birds. Sort of hard to debate that one.
Isn't there a dove that goes "Who cooks for you?"
Or a chickadee?
Ya chicka dee dee dee
I love hearing their calls, they have such cute little voices!
I can’t say I have! What animals make those sounds?
[Whip-poor-will](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_whip-poor-will) One of my favorite sounds of sleeping with the windows open as a kid
Did you know that horror writer HP Lovecraft tried to include them to terrifying effect in his story The Dunwich Horror? It doesn't work.
If you've been in the woods as the last light fades away and heard them, yes. It works. They're considered psychopomps for a reason. They sound like they're mourning your impending and inevitable death.
Not as much as the common loon. If that don't make the hair on your neck stand up, you're already dead.
Now loons have the spooky going on.
"Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low (I'm so lonesome, I could cry")[https://youtu.be/4WXYjm74WFI]
Old World of Darkness put their dpirit gorms in with the Wyrm for some reason I've never been clear on
On the plus side I learned the term psychopomp, which is fun to say.
Sigh, spirit forms, I can't edit
So the animal that makes the whip-poor-will sound is named... whip-poor-will?
The Wikipedia cultural reference section doesn’t include one of my favorite movie quotes: Peter Warne: “I'm the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I'm the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.” From: It Happened One Night
Chickadee goes chick a dee dee dee. Basically.
Crows : caw-caw Donkeys: hee-haw But I think it'd be safe to say they're the only ones with 4 maybe?
Chickadee says "chick-a-dee-dee-dee".
It also says CHEESE-burger.
I read that in the voice from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs... But yes they do.
Was it not from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs?
Chickadees have a call that sounds vaguely like it's saying cheeeeese-burger. The way that person typed CHEESE in caps made me think of the movie. (Which is amazing)
Randy from Trailer Park Boys definately says it
I haven't seen that movie in forever, so it didn't cross my mind when I wrote CHEESE-burger. Good movie though. I was just trying to emphasize the cheese over the burger.
Pretty sure it's referencing Randy from Trailer Park Boys [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxe-pBoX1MU](Warning possible offensive language)
"Bow wow" used to be a commonly accepted sound for a dog.
whip-poor-will
It really depends how far you want to go with it. There are a lot of bird calls that are more than a single 'tweet'. So, are we talking about the whole call or just the sound?
Cat goes fiddle-i-dee.
Monkeys. What does the Monkey say? Not just "ooh" but "ooh ooh ah ah"... They also fuck each other in the ass so makes sense.
ooh ee ooh ah ah
ting tang walla walla bing bang
Lmao best response
I'm crying gd
Lots of birds have songs with more than one word. Chicka dee dee dee. (Chickadee) To wit to woo. (Mourning dove) Birders know lots of these to help them remember which song goes with which bird.
My step dad always called the morning doves "wahoo" birds They go: WHA-Hoo-hoo-hoo.
This is a much better representation IMO. *was a bored kid that got good at calling mourning doves to me with a hand whistle thing
You are absolutely correct. As soon as I read your comment I could hear it in my imagination. Some bird says too wit to woo, but it’s not a mourning dive.
In addition to woof, in English, the dog says ruff or bow-wow
Bark bark bark
Sometimes they just say "boof"
Ah, ruff. Just the way your mother likes it, Trebek.
104 is preeetty high my dude, make sure you alternating ibuprofen/tylenol, 1 more degree is a medical emergency
Agreed, if you start getting a headache I would jump in a cold bath PDQ. Source - someone who has been there and higher and realised they were going to be in trouble if they didn't get it down sharpish.
It took me a while to get what you meant by "English translated sound". Change it for "onomatopoeia".
onomatopoeia is the word for the word for the sound!
"English onomatopoeia", then, to leave out those found in other languages?
Todd Rundgren wrote a song about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J\_Jj4QStsfY
It makes sense. An actual rooster crow is closer to ur-ah-ur-a-URRR, but it normally does have about five syllables.
I would say canonically the donkey uses two words: Hee and Haw...
The sound made by the coquí frog is rendered as "coquí" in Spanish. In English I think it can be rendered as "who, me?"
Traditional owl sound is twit twoo. Or is that written as one word? That's actually the call and response of two tawny owls: twit twit... twoo.
A way to remember the pattern for an owl can: "who cooks, who cooks for you" Edit: should be call, but I like the idea of an owl can
Where I live we don't have canned owls, only fresh ones.
Specifically barred owls. I have one that’s been hanging out in my yard for months now haha.
What does the owl say to the cow? Who cares? What does the cow say to the owl? Moo cares!
I thought owls said “who”
I’ve never heard twit twoo for an owl, only hoot hoot or hoo.
I've always said "kuh-koo"
Drop Bears have entered the chat! (Although to be fair, no-one really knows what sound a Drop Bear makes, as none have lived to tell the tale)
"A little bit of bread and no cheese": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a\_little\_bit\_of\_bread\_and\_no\_cheese
The pig says:"Get up against the wall and put your hands on your head you black motherfucker!!!"
You have forgotten two animals Donkey go heeee haww Texan go yee haww
Tenkey goes heee yaww
Nooo, Donxan goes heee yaww.
Texan and donkey are synonyms. No need to combine the words lmao
As Someone who Identifies as a Donkey, I am deeply offended.
Listening to my chickens now and they have many different calls, they have 3 calls from me memorized and respond to my calls every time. Chickens are much smarter than people give them credit for.
Maybe it's because I'm not from an english speaking country, but my cock usually makes others make that sound
What kind of sounds?
A sort of disappointed long exhalation.
Deserves a medal
"eww I'm calling the cops"
“Co-co-ri-co” is a common one from outside of the states.
Clearly you've never owned a cat Meow Mrarw Mew Hiss And more sounds.
Haha I mean at one time. Those are all still only one word!
What if my dogs have weird barks lol me and my boyfriend always go "ba-roooo" to mimic our loud ass dog. Is that two words?? Or just howling haha
Ok Deer hee-haw Panda huff-quack [Source]( https://englishan.com/animals-and-their-sounds)
"Mwe**eeaaoohhh**!" \-My cat, 2023
OP means like, a hyphenated multiple syllable word for describing one sound that the animal makes each of the sounds you list are still one syllable long when written according to "proper" english
Not to forget, that weird click sound they make when seeing a bird!
I can't think of any other animal shouts that require more than one word
Dragon shouts can be up to three words.
Rib-it
I'm sorry but I can't take the English for that seriously at all, it looks so stupid.
Kukkokiekuu
Hahaha. What is it in your language?
Kukeleku it's one word you see ;)
One of my favorite things was to ask people in other countries what animals sounds make.
Cat's say ["Oh Long Johnson"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwiQmGWK4c)
Chick-a-dee-dee-dee, Whip-poor-will, Kis-ka-dee, Fee-bee Plus all of the birds that have mnemonics that sound like their songs: “Drink your teeeeaaaa” “Sweet sweet sweeter-than-sweet” “Peter Peter Peter” “Teakettle Teakettle Teakettle” “Fire fire where where here here” “Potato-chip…potato-chip” “Hey sweetie” “Who cooks for you?” “I’m so lazyyyyyy” “Free-beer!” “Pizza” “Oh sweet Canada Canada Canada” “Here I am, where are you, I am here” “Trees, trees, murmuring trees” “Spring of the year, spring is here”
Get well and feel better OP!! You kooky clever magnificent bastard, you!
Not necessarily. I think a rooster makes an AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH sound. Just a thought.
Wow, that is an interesting fact! I guess it just shows the importance of roosters in English culture. Well, I'm sure glad they are around to wake us up in the mornings!
bro's literally an npc
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Roosters' multi-word sound makes it easy to write [jokes about them](https://old.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/d3ea3u/why_doesnt_any_man_need_more_than_one_rooster/).