You know how different cultures describe the sound of a dog barking?
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In the U.S. we normally describe it as "bark", "woof", "arf", "yap"...and, at least in the cartoons, "bow wow".
A few nights ago my 10-year-old AmStaff-Shepherd mix Gemma heard something outside the house and said "woof". I don't mean she woofed. I mean she very clearly enunciated the word "Woof", just like a person would do. It was so startling my wife and I just looked at each other. "Did she just SAY "Woof" I asked, and the wife agreed that she'd heard it, too.
She has barked at lot since that night, of course, because that's her job, but she hasn't repeated that utterly weird act of speaking again.