There are posters up for a Disney movie called "La Ferme se Rebelle," which is the French title of "Home on the Range." I don't know if the movie is funny, but the posters provided an amusing lesson in barnyard French. There are three different posters, each quoting one or more farm animals. "Meuh!" is obviously French for "Moo!" but the others were tougher.
"Groin! Groin!" is the local version of "Oink! Oink!" and please get your mind out of the gutter. "Cot!" is the sound a hen makes, and arguably closer to the mark than "Cluck!" (Who would bother to make such an argument is another matter.) "Cui! Cui!" was a gimme, since it appeared on a poster with a Tweetybirdesque creature.
Then there's "Bëëe!" Don't feel sheepish if you can't figure that one out immediately.
I get a kick out of this, but then, I still think any word is funnier if you put "la" in front of it.
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