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#2 (permalink) Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:41 pm What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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belching? _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:45 pm What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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Burping? Gasping? Panting? Moaning? :lol: _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:23 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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Pond969 You can meet me at english-test.net
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#5 (permalink) Sat Nov 18, 2006 18:40 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. _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Sat Nov 18, 2006 21:04 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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Conchita Language Coach

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#7 (permalink) Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:57 am What sound do we produce after eating chillies? |
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| 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. _________________ It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water… |
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