Re: Pronunciation of 'chooks'?



Susan Hogarth wrote:
Is it like 'books', or like 'ooze'?


It's pronounced the way THEY say it - rhymes with book. In fact broody hens often say the staccato Book!Book!Book! and then there's that contented drawl which is more like Cha-a-awk...chaaawk...chalk.

Puh PAHk pukpukpuk!!! is any panic (including "a plastic bag just blew past our wire netting!" That's in the New Zealand dialect of course :)

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