The Pudding: How do animals sound across languages? “How can cultures hear the same physical sounds yet translate them into language so differently?”
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Similarly adorable: what are cat coat patterns called in different countries?
Cheese cat (orange) and chaos cat (tortoiseshell). All the names are imbued with loving admiration. And irony.
This is a delight. thanks for sharing
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