http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/animal-noises-around-the-world/ Julie Krueger On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Walter C. Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote: > Don't know about Santa, but I've never met a Russian, German or French > rooster > that went "cockle-doodle-doo." In our house, they go "kee-kee-ree-kee." > > Celebrating difference, > > Walter O > > > Quoting Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > JL, > > > > > > > > Santa Claus goes "hoho," but does he do that throughout Europe and South > > America or just in North America, and did this term perhaps come from the > > Iroquois of New York who for a time were the most powerful force in our > > North East? > > > > > > > > In a footnote in The Conspiracy of Pontiac, Francis Parkman writes "In > the > > year 1745, August Gottlieb Spangenburg, a bishop of the United Brethren, > > spent several weeks in Onandaga, and frequently attended the great > Council > > [of all the Iroquois Nations and tribes]. The council-house was built of > > bark. On each side six seats were placed, each containing six persons. > No > > one was admitted besides the members of the council, except a few, who > were > > particularly honored. If one rose to speak, all the rest sat in profound > > silence, smoking their pipes. The speaker uttered his words in a singing > > tone, always rising a few notes at the close of each sentence. Whatever > was > > pleasing to the council was confirmed by all with the word Nee, or Yes. > > And, at the end of each speech, the whole company joined in applauding > the > > speaker by calling Hoho. . ." > > > > > > > > Lawrence > > > > > > > This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at > http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2011.php > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html >