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belching?
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| Wed Nov 15, 2006 13:45 pm What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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Burping?
Gasping?
Panting?
Moaning? 
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| Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:23 am What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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Wow ... have to tell you that my wife can write volumes about the sounds I make after certain foods but I don't know of anybody who makes any particular oral sound while eating chillies. At least, not any sound that has a descriptive word in English.....
It's funny... in Gaelic, there is apparently a word that describes the unique sensation that affects the upper lip just after taking a sip of whiskey so I imagine that other cultures have food related expressions that have no English equivalent.
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| Sat Nov 18, 2006 19:40 pm What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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Might be a hiccup... I know I've suffered from post-pepper hiccups.
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| Sat Nov 18, 2006 22:04 pm What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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| The Mayans, at least, have a word for this -- they call it 'huuyub', which means 'to draw breath with a puckered mouth after eating chillies'. In true Mayan fashion, a whole sentence is condensed into a single word. |
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| Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:57 am What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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| Quote: | | in such a manner that a strange sound like C-C starts to come out of his or her mouth |
Sorry for the off-topic.
Just to say that while reading this thread, I've found strange that in Russian that special sound C-C that (some) people automatically produce when struck with sharp and unexpected pain, - for example, when get burned or cut their finger - is rather incorrectly called to hiss (of? in?) pain.
Even though in this case C-C is made by drawing an air into the mouth, whereas hissing is normally produced with outward breath.
Hmm... There is no exact word for that. Interesting.
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