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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Quick Question

You know that sound you make, when you're trying to imply that someone is a chicken, you know where you wave your elbows to emphasize how chicken the other person is?

How do you spell that?

Is is balk?

Or is it bawk?

Or something else altogether?

posted by Declan at Saturday, November 04, 2006

8 Comments:

  • I usually spell it "bok."

    It is funny that "balk" is a homonym, though.

    By Blogger J. Kelly, at 9:33 AM  

  • I tried doing a google search but all I got was 'bok bok chicken hawk' along with 'balk balk chicken hawk' and 'bawk bawk chicken hawk'.

    By Blogger Declan, at 11:23 AM  

  • "bawk"

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:19 PM  

  • Maybe it's my northern Ontario accent coming through, but isn't it "buck-buck-buck"....

    By Blogger Mike, at 9:57 AM  

  • keving -

    You got it. I raised the stupid bloody things back when, and the bobbing you describe is alternating between the only two thoughts a chicken has:

    1) Can I eat you?
    and
    2) Can you eat me?

    I'd put it: Buk ... buk ... buk ... bu-kaaaaawk?

    Maybe I've thought about this too much.

    By Blogger Thursday, at 9:48 PM  

  • Well, it seems like we do not have a consensus.

    One thing I can say for sure though, it's *not* cluck, cluckety cluck

    By Blogger Declan, at 4:51 PM  

  • In Quebec, I believe it would be "Cri, Cri" ???

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:18 AM  

  • Ok, I just sat here bobbing my head back and forth, trying to spell the noises coming out of my mouth.
    Luckily most of the other people in the office have already gone home....

    By Blogger Alison, at 12:06 AM  

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