Why are pigs supposed to go "oink"?

[Cronus Protagonist]

I've heard quite a few pigs in my lifetime and not one of them has ever said anything close to "oink". With or without lipstick.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I thought they say

"In what respect, Cherlie?"

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. hehehe

"In what respect, Cherlie, eh?" - isn't she Canadian? :P

[DB1]

3. I currently have 2 pigs, I will go ask. They are smart you know.

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. Ask them how come humans think they say "oink" when clearly they do not!

I'm curious to know if it was a clever propaganda plan way back when humans were walking around with dinos on leashes... :P

[DB1]

6. said they were misunderstood , pigs were speaking about repubs and said red-ink not oink.

[Sabriel]

5. They sound different in other languages

øf-øf
knor knor
groin groin
grunz
röf-röf (pron: reuf-reuf)
boo boo
hrgu-hrgu
nöff-nöff

http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html

[Cronus Protagonist]

8. Damn foreign swine!! Why can't they speak proper pigglish!!

(and none of them sound like the pigs I've known - they usually sound like "grrourph", and sometimes the little piggies say "weeeeeee" very loudly.

n/t

[sam sarrha]

10. maybe it is proper 'Pig Latin'...

[Vanje]

7. Its well established in the literature, that pigs ......

......go "wee wee wee!" all the way home

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. Sure, piglets do do that.... sometimes

Usually when they're scared or hungry :P

[TwilightZone]

11. *snort*

Very nice.

[doc03]

14. That's what Ned Beatty said in deliverance. n/t

[TahitiNut]

12. If they said "moo" they'd get milked??

:shrug:

[Cronus Protagonist]

15. Wouldn't that be FUN???

As long as they're gentle? :P

[jpgray]

13. Why is scientific progress supposed to go "boink?"