LL-L: "Interspecies Lowlandic" LOWLANDS-L, 26.SEP.2000 (02) [E]

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From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at iee.org]
Subject: LL-L: "Interspecies Lowlandic" LOWLANDS-L, 24.SEP.2000 (03) [E]

At 07:13 26/09/00 -0700, Elsie Zinsser wrote:
>From: $ Elsie Zinsser [ezinsser at simpross.co.za]
>Subject: LL-L: "Interspecies Lowlandic" LOWLANDS-L, 24.SEP.2000 (03) [E]
>
>John Feather said: When we discussed this topic I wrote:>.. dogs speak
>different languages, like their owners ...  English dogs say "bow-wow".
>Swedish dogs say "vov-vov". What do dogs of other Lowland ethnicities
>say?<
>Sadly, nobody replied, but this turns out to be a serious matter.
>
>I missed your question. In Afrikaans they say 'woef-woef', or 'kef-kef'
>for smaller species.

Traditionally in Scots dogs say "bowf!". However, in the last couple
of decades the meaning of this word has been twisted into a slang
term meaning "vomit" (as if any more of those were needed). I suppose
the connection is that they both involve opening the mouth wide.

It's actually quite hard to use "bowf" in its traditional sense
nowadays, unfortunately.

Colin Wilson.

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