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minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoIt’s actually ‘croak’ in English, ‘ribbit’ is just for Hollywood frogs
minus-squarefxomt@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ribbit https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Croak It appears ribbit is an onomatopoeia, but croak actually has history. so i think they’re both correct? i don’t know the history of the etymology of frog croaking in english, lol croak is more formal, but ribbit is an imitation of the sound?
It’s actually ‘croak’ in English, ‘ribbit’ is just for Hollywood frogs
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ribbit
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Croak
It appears ribbit is an onomatopoeia, but croak actually has history. so i think they’re both correct? i don’t know the history of the etymology of frog croaking in english, lol
croak is more formal, but ribbit is an imitation of the sound?