And there I was splendid in my penguin suit

[venta]

[Poll #347492]

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[wimble.livejournal.com]

I've voted with the noise I think a penguin does make, not the noise you have to use to impersonate a penguin (cf. the Simpson's episode where Homer learns that cows don't look like cows on film, and so painted horses are used instead. And cats are used for horses).

Realistic fake penguins should go "Sqwark".

[venta.livejournal.com]

Is that the same as everyone knowing that cows go "moo", even though the noise a real cow makes is more like "muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurgh" ?

[wimble.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking more along the lines that everybody knows that Yetis or Sasquatches go "Waaoarrogh!". Because that's the sort of noise they ought to make.

But in reality, if you caught one and asked, it'd probably make some dismally embarassing noise instead, like "meep!" (well, wouldn't you, if you'd be caught by a Yeti hunter?)

Similarly, I suspect that there's a descrepancy between the platonic ideal of a penguin, and a real penguin.

And most penguins on the internet seem go go "waargh - splat" anyway. Which I don't think was the answer you were looking for either.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Because that's the sort of noise they ought to make.

Exactly.

Like everyone knows that kangaroo go boinnnnng when they jump. Stands to reason. But the noise gets edited out of all wildlife documentaries in an attempt to make Antipodean wildlife seem vaguely credible.