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But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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How Do You Say Animal Noises in Other Languages?

Oink means a pig and if you speak English, you probably know oink is in reference to a pig. That in some ways says a lot more about our culture than anything else. It's what we think is important to name that gets a name for the sound that it makes. We have the words we have because they're a shorthand way of referring to the thing we want to talk about.

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