The background to this story is that in America, we say "Mee-ow" for the sound of the cat. In Russia, it is simply "Mew." And I heard more than once my interpreter give a couple short "Mew"s to the kittens on the streets in Maikop. You could call it adorable.
It is interesting to think about the sounds of animals that we teach our children. I've recently learned that Deutchland's sound for the sheep is not "Baah" but "Maah." So there I was, enjoying the Christmaskindlmarkt in Memmingen, and I got a little distracted by the actual sound of the sheep just chillin by the nativity scene. I like the sound this one made the best!
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