what sound does a turkey make in Russian?

Tue Nov 22 21:05:28 UTC 2005

Colleagues,

A student asked me what sound turkeys make in Russian. I replied that, since _Meleagris_ is a New-World genus, I doubted that they made any noise whatsoever in Russian. This seemed not to satisfy them. 

Does anyone know?

mad

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   Dr. Michael A. Denner
   Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal
   Director, University Honors Program

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