狐の声

We've been discussing the different sounds made by animals. Animal sounds vary in different languages. Why? Surely, an animal sound is the same. Do we hear them differently?

Some animal sounds are similar such as for a cat:

• meow
• ニャオ

Some animal sounds are very different such as for a mouse:

• squeak
• チュ

Some animals have two sounds in English such as a frog:

• croak
• ribbit

Some animals don't have any sound such as giraffe:

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Some animals have a sound in English but not in Japanese such as a fish:

• blub

Some animals have a sound in Japanese but not in English such as a fox.

Link to this video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/jofNR_WkoCE

By the way, that video was made by a comedy duo from Norway called Ylvis. They are very funny.

英語バー

Every Friday and Saturday from 7pm to 11pm is English Bar time. It's a great chance to meet like-minded people and make new friends, while practising English.

There is a big selection of drinks and the snacks are free! There is beer, wine, cocktails, tea, coffee and fruit juice.

But the best part is free entry!

Martinelli's gold medal apple juice, sparkling (left), still (right)

イタチコーヒー

Thank you to Tomo who gave an interesting present from Vietnam. It's coffee harvested from weasel poo. Certainly interesting.

The coffee was very bitter so I added 森永チョコミルク to make it more palatable.

イタチコーヒー情報