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Kwak

Post 1

Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking.

We Dutch are probably unique in letting ducks and frogs both say "kwak". I wonder if they can understand each other.


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Post 2

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

The Netherlands: facilitating communication throughout the centuries, while speaking a language the Germans call 'a throat disease'. smiley - rofl


Kwak

Post 3

Willem

Hello Caiman raptor elk! You know that Afrikaans is very similar to Dutch right? In Afrikaans it is 'kwaak'!


Kwak

Post 4

Willem

Heh heh Dmitri ... Afrikaans I think has a somewhat simpler sound system than our parent language. It's generally more simplified. You've heard it so you'll have an idea!


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - laugh I do!


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