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Onomatopoeias And They're Incorrectness

I've been thinking about this for some time, and I believe that many onomatopoeias are not true to their described sounds. This especially occurs with noises that animals make (or so is my observation). For example, one that has come to my attention is the noise that cows make. Most, when asked what noise a cow makes, would answer "moo." I disagree with this, and am here to say that cows in fact say "merrr" more often than "moo." It's not that I can really do anything about it, but I'd like to know what you all think of this; whether you agree or disagree, or if you know of other innapropriate sound words.

Again, this is meant as completly serious, as it is the kind of critical thinking that I do on a regular basis. And no, I am not a stoner, though I am told that I act much like one.

[xObserveRx]

Cows, it seems to me, don't really make any specific noise. It's mainly just some low pitch whines or grunts, or the two combined which i guess you COULD say sounds SOMETHING like "moo". But if you actually pay attention and listen, its not really "moo". So i don't know exactly WHAT the sound would be spelled like, but i know its not "moo" or "merr".

[Afrobean]

I voted moo even though the sound of a cow is, in reality, not that close to moo. However, I feel moo is a lot closer than merr or anything that I can think of.

[RobbyZero]

They make noises because they are too fat and they eat too much and they bitch and whine about they're tities

[1-4-4]

Mostly cows always say "Moo".

[talisman]

I think its more like mmRRRRRRrrr.

[BluE_MeaniE]

Well, animal sounds in different languages are usually similar yet different, so there aren't really any perfect animal sounds, but moo or merr or mú is as close as you can get.

[JustJono]

I think it's just a low pitched grunt.
So either: nguhhh
Or: ngurrrrrr

[Omeganitros]

The great part is how this thread is all serious and we're like "Cows go MRRRRrrrr..." and "No, they MoooOOOooo..." and "Youre both wrong they go mmmMMMMnnnn..."

[xObserveRx]

doesn't really matter, as long as we all know they just don't make the exact "moo" or "merr" as stated above.

[Feuergeist]

I say meerr

[evilbutterfly]

I think its more like mmRRRRRRrrr.

THATs it! i wasnt sure how to put it, but i believe that's what i meant.

what we could really use here is some actual recorded cow noises...

[dontcareaboutmyid]

That can't be it because there's vowel sounds within the moo

its more like "MurrRRRrr"

[alainbryden]

Horses go neigh

[evilbutterfly]

alain, i must disagee. i would say horses say something else, something that i dont know how to type on the keyboard...when i find a sound clip and can try and onomatepoia-ize the word i will