Bliss by Harry Bliss for August 18, 2012

I know that feeling…when the words that tumble out somehow don’t match the grace and eloquence I imagined.

Bilingual

Maybe a thesaurus would help. French: Wouaff Wouaff! English: Woof Woof! Bow Wow! Ruff Ruff! Arf Arf! (large dogs); Yap Yap (small dogs) German: Wau Wau! Estonian: Auh Auh! Finnish: Hau Hau! Arabic: Hau hau! Italian: Bau Bau! Tagalog: Ow Ow! Hindi – Bho Bho! Japanese: Wan Wan! Mandarin: Wang Wang! Greek: Gav Gav! Russian: Gav Gav! Spanish: Gau Gau! Indonesian: Guk Guk! Swedish: Vov Vov! Thai – Hoang Hoang! Korean: Mong Mong! Lebanese: Haw Haw! Hebrew: Hav Hav!

Must be Chee and Cho Wang.

Interesting how pets learn the language of their companions. My friend, Cuddles cockatoo was very responsive to people and wanted to be center of attention. I tried to prepare her for our trip to Puerto Rico, but she did not realize when folks were talking about her (not knowing pajaro or other words in Spanish discribing her). One thing was the same in any language-applause!

I like the fonts used to convey the difference in the language.

I would like this comic on a T-shirt.It reminds me that what I think is not what actually happens.

In an “oddity” the other day, found a scared, and snarling, Chihuahua, was calmed right down by Vietnamese. Have no idea where this stray came from, but it worked!

Yip Yip