{"id":493,"date":"2009-08-14T00:52:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T04:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2009-08-14T00:52:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T04:52:56","slug":"query-is-there-an-equivalent-to-boy-noises-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/query-is-there-an-equivalent-to-boy-noises-for-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Query &#8212; is there an equivalent to boy noises for girls?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Question Mark Photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amperzen.com\/blog\/images\/Question_Mark.jpg\" alt=\"Question Mark Photo\" hspace=\"8\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/>I know this is a weird one but today, it occurred to me that most of us know what we mean when we say <em>boy noises<\/em>.\u00a0 The arummm rumm sound of a revving car engine.\u00a0 The bruummmmbruumm of a motorcycle speeding up.\u00a0 There&#8217;s others, but they all come clumped as <em>boy noises<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Is there an equivalent list of <em>girl noises<\/em>?\u00a0 I could come up with giggles or squee sounds but that&#8217;s really not equivalent, or is that just because I&#8217;m a girl?\u00a0 I have to confess that I made a heck of a lot of boy noises when I was growing up because I preferred the trucks and cars to those stiff dolls that didn&#8217;t do anything but look creepy &#8212; so I have a bias here.\u00a0 I had a lot of girl friends but thinking about sounds, I don&#8217;t recall any particular sounds equivalent to those engine noises and such that guys make when playing.<\/p>\n<p>Is that because girls are doing the doll\/tea party thing?\u00a0 Does the type of play for girls eliminate the need to make background noises?\u00a0 Even girls that pretend to ride horses don&#8217;t tend to make horsey snorting sounds &#8212; at least not the one&#8217;s I knew but occasionally they did slap their legs to make a clip-clop sounds.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really curious &#8212; is there an equivalent?\u00a0 What&#8217;s your take on this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this is a weird one but today, it occurred to me that most of us know what we mean when we say boy noises.\u00a0 The arummm rumm sound of a revving car engine.\u00a0 The bruummmmbruumm of a motorcycle speeding up.\u00a0 There&#8217;s others, but they all come clumped as boy noises. 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