Polish woman and American boyfriend discover that animal sounds are NOT universal

A couple were stunned to discover the different noises animals are associated with in their respective countries.

Marta Mielczarska, from Poland, and Randy Lehoe, from Vermont, have been married for seven years, but recently realized that the way animal noises are interpreted in each language is very different.

They shared their surprising find on TikTok, which has gone viral with 1.2 million likes and more than 14 million views.

In the clip, they tried out animal noises including frogs, roosters, pigs, horses, dogs, and ducks and surprisingly for man’s best friend, Randy says “woof woof” while Marta says “how how.”

Sitting next to each other, they take turns demonstrating, with wildly different results.

In particular, the pig’s noise is ‘oink, oink’ to Randy, while Marta makes a ‘croom, croom’ noise.

Another significant difference is with the horse: while Randy says ‘neigh’, to Marta the noise of the animal sounds more like ‘yee-haw’.

The video hilariously ends with a similar noise, duck, but as Randy says ‘quack, quack’, Marta repeats the word over and over again, saying ‘quack, quack, quack, quack, quack’.

Viewers were stunned by the video, with one user commenting: ‘Why did I never think that the words for noises would be different in other languages?

“I ALWAYS WONDERED IF OTHER LANGUAGES MAKE THE SAME ANIMAL SOUNDS,” said another user.

Another user added: ‘Nah, the frog is wild.’ While another user asked: ‘Aren’t animal sounds universal?’

User Braden wrote: ‘Duck says what now?’ “The Polish Duck is having too much fun,” another viewer commented.

Fortunately, for the happy couple, love conquers language as they tied the knot shortly after first meeting.

Marta was born and raised in Poland and moved to the United States as an au pair when she was 20, now living in Beverly Hills with Randy.

Another significant difference is with the horse: while Randy says ‘neigh’, for Marta the noise of the animal sounds more like ‘yee-haw’.

Someone else added: “As a Polish kid growing up in California…so many concerned parents in the park.”

“You mean to tell me that if I go to Poland, a duck will also yell at me in a different language,” another viewer joked.

Fortunately, for the happy couple, love conquers language as they tied the knot shortly after first meeting.

“We met when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton when I enlisted in the Marine Corps and we got married a few months after we met,” Randy said.

‘Marta was born and raised in Poland and came to the US as an au pair when she was 20 years old. We have been married for seven years and currently live in Beverly Hills.’

In the clip, they tried out animal noises including frogs, roosters, pigs, horses, dogs, and ducks and surprisingly for man’s best friend, Randy says “woof woof” while Marta says “how how.”

Viewers were stunned by the video, with one user commenting that they never expected that “words for noises would be different in other languages.”