Thursday, July 05, 2007


Cooby



Niaobi



Sister W asked me why we pronounced these words for dogs and cats when we were kids. I told her I had no idea.

Maybe we as kids couldn't pronounce Scooby or Snoopy correctly.

Dad had always called the house cat Niaobi.
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1 Comments:

At 8:49 pm, Blogger JJ said...

That is Hokkien pronounciation for Kitten . Niao is cat, bi is child.

JJ

 

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