A couple were stunned to discover the very different noises animals are associated within their respective countries.
Marta Mielczarska, from Poland, and Randy Lehoe, from Vermont, have been married seven years, but recently realised the way animal noises are interpreted in each language are very different.
They shared their surprising find on TikTok, which has gone viral with 1.2 million likes and over 14 million views.
In the clip, they tested animal noises including frogs, roosters, pigs, horses, dogs, and ducks and surprisingly for man’s best friend, Randy says ‘woof, woof’ while Marta says ‘how, how’.
Sitting side-by-side, they take turns to demonstrate, with incredibly different results.
Marta Mielczarska, from Poland, and Randy Lehoe, from Vermont, were stunned to discover the very different noises animals are associated within their respective countries
Notably, the pig noise is ‘oink, oink’ for Randy, while Marta makes a ‘croom, croom’ noise.
Another significant difference is with the horse – while Randy says ‘neigh’, for Marta the animal noise sounds more like ‘yee-haw’.
The video hilariously ends with a similar noise – duck – but while Randy says ‘quack, quack’, Marta repeats the word over and over, saying ‘quack, quack, quack, quack, quack’.
Viewers were stunned by the video with one user commenting: ‘Why did I never think words for noises would be different in other languages
‘I’VE ALWAYS WONDERED IF OTHER LANGUAGES MAKE THE SAME ANIMAL SOUNDS,’ another user said.
Another user added: ‘Nah the frog one is wild.’ While another user asked: ‘Animal sounds aren’t universal?’.
User Braden wrote: ‘Duck says what now?’ ‘The Polish duck is having way too much fun,’ another viewer commented.
Luckily, for the happy couple, love conquers language as they married shortly after first meeting
Marta was born and raised in Poland and she went to the US as an au pair when she was 20, she now lives in Beverly Hills with Randy
Another significant difference is with the horse – while Randy says ‘neigh’, for Marta the animal noise sounds more like ‘yee-haw’
Someone else added: ‘As a Polish kid growing up in California…so many concerned parents at the park.’
‘You mean to tell me if I go to Poland, a duck will yell at me in a different language too,’ another viewer joked.
Luckily, for the happy couple, love conquers language as they married shortly after first meeting.
‘We met when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton while enlisted in the Marines and got married a few months after meeting,’ Randy said.
‘Marta was born and raised in Poland and came to the US as an au pair when she was 20. We have been married for seven years and currently live in Beverly Hills.’
In the clip, they tested animal noises including frogs, roosters, pigs, horses, dogs, and ducks and surprisingly for man’s best friend, Randy says ‘woof, woof’ while Marta says ‘how, how’
Viewers were stunned by the video with one user commenting saying they never expected ‘words for noises would be different in other languages’
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