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Title:Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:purrrrr...
Moderator:JULIET::CORDES_JA
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1079
Total number of notes:28858

364.0. "Meow in 10 languages" by SPEZKO::RAWDEN (Cheryl Graeme Rawden) Thu Aug 27 1992 14:21

    Cats, like humans, speak many different languages, and their speech is
    translated differently according to where they live.  Can you match
    each cat's comment (1-10) with the language it's speaking (A-J) and its
    name in that language (a-j)?

    1. miau!	4. miauw!	7. miao!	10. meanhlach!
    2. mjav!	5. miaou!       8. mew!
    3. mjau!	6. miau!	9. meow!

    A. Italian	D. French	G. Danish 	 J. Spanish
    B. Gaelic	E. Dutch	H. German
    C. English	F. Welsh	I. Swedish

    a. the cat	d. die Katze	g. katten	 j. le chat
    b. de kat	e. el gato	h. an cat
    c. y cath	f. Katten	i. il gatto
    
    I have no idea where this was originally published.  Jill Meier sent it
    to me the other day and I thought we would have fun with it.  Some day
    I'll post the correct answers.  :^)
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364.1the obvious answer.... :^)SPEZKO::RAWDENCheryl Graeme RawdenThu Aug 27 1992 14:233
    I'll give you all a hint:
    				9 C a
    			meow! 	English   the cat
364.2UPROAR::EVANSGGwyn Evans @ IME - Open DECtrade -> DTN 769-8108Thu Aug 27 1992 15:443
    How about 
    		10 	F 	c
    	meanhlach     Welsh	y cath	
364.3poesie katJGODCL::SHERLOCKL.U.F.C. The phoenix has risenFri Aug 28 1992 09:598
    
    			5 e b
    
    5. miaou		E. Dutch	b. de kat
    
    Tim_who's_cats_are_Dutch_but_only_understand_English
    
    
364.4BLKPUD::WARNESGFri Aug 28 1992 13:0924
    
    
    
    
    Re .2
    
    
    >>    How about 
    >>		10 	F 	c
    >>	meanhlach     Welsh	y cath	
    
    
    <Switch Nitpick On>
    
    Huw, my Welsh colleague informs me that the above is in error
    should be :
    
    'Miaw' (from the verb 'Mewian') and 'Y Gath'  (remember soft mutations
    or 'treigliadau' in Welsh change the consonant from a 'C' to a 'G').
    
    <Switch Nitpick Off> :-)
    
    
      Graham Warnes
364.5SPEZKO::RAWDENCheryl Graeme RawdenMon Aug 31 1992 08:381
    Nobody has any right so far.  tsk, tsk....  :^)
364.6DKAS::FEASEAndrea Midtmoen FeaseMon Aug 31 1992 09:566
    I. Swedish = g. katten (at least, that's what it is in Norwegian ;^) !)
    
    I'm not sure of the word for meow in Norwegian (so it's hard to
    transcribe it to Swedish) - my guess would be 1. miau ???
    
          -Andrea_who's_half_Norwegian_but_doesn't_know_the_language_too_well
364.7BUSY::MANDILENope, not this time!Mon Aug 31 1992 10:281
    8. mew		J. Spanish        e. el gato
364.83 down, 7 to goSPEZKO::RAWDENCheryl Graeme RawdenMon Aug 31 1992 10:3712
    2 points for Andrea who was close so we'll give her:
    
    3 I g
    
    mjau!	Swedish		katten
    
    
    Lynne gets two points as well, but had the wrong meow.  :^)
    
    6 J e
    
    miau!	Spanish		el gato
364.9BUSY::MANDILENope, not this time!Mon Aug 31 1992 10:431
    My Spanish dictionary says it's mew or miau!!!
364.10GermanNETWKS::MISNERMon Aug 31 1992 13:144
    1 (or 6) H d
    miau!   German   die Katze
    
    Sunni
364.11BUSY::MANDILENope, not this time!Mon Aug 31 1992 13:461
    7. miao!     A. Italian      i. gatto (Iforgot what it said!)
364.12SPEZKO::RAWDENCheryl Graeme RawdenMon Aug 31 1992 14:127
    Sunni and Lynne, both correct.  :^)
    
    miau!	German		die Katze
    1 H d
    
    miao!	Italian		il gatto
    7 A i
364.13Just for fun:BPS025::EGYEDPer aspera ad astraWed Sep 02 1992 04:121
    miau!       Hungarian       macska    (pron. abt.: mutchkuh)
364.14oops, 11...BPS025::EGYEDPer aspera ad astraWed Sep 02 1992 04:133
364.15the correct answers are:SPEZKO::RAWDENCheryl Graeme RawdenWed Sep 02 1992 14:2910
     1. H d
     2. G f
     3. I g
     4. E b
     5. D j
     6. J e
     7. A i
     8. F c
     9. C a
    10. B h