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Why Ylvis used go instead of say in phrases like Dog goes “woof”?

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Why Ylvis used "go" verb instead of "say" in their song "what the fox say?".

Dog goes "woof"

Cat goes "meow"

Bird goes "tweet"

Is there some specific meaning for "go"?

lyrics

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  Note that Ylvis is Norwegian; to me, Dog goes "woof" sounds like a non-native-speaker's approximation of a child's book, not something a native speaker would say – the dog goes "woof" or dogs go "woof" would be OK, but this form sounds awkward.
  
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  @1006a Apparently it doesn't sound awkward to folks in Kentucky: books.google.com/books?id=YSEIPwp0RUsC&pg=PA61
  
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  @michael.hor257k I'm open to the possibility of dialect differences here, but I'm not sure I'd take the lyrics of an old folk song as evidence for what modern Kentuckians would find acceptable in speech.
  
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  @1006a I was being sarcastic. And we are discussing a song, not speech.
  
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Why Ylvis used "go" verb instead of "say" in their song "what the fox say?".

Dog goes "woof"

Cat goes "meow"

Bird goes "tweet"

Is there some specific meaning for "go"?

lyrics

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  Note that Ylvis is Norwegian; to me, Dog goes "woof" sounds like a non-native-speaker's approximation of a child's book, not something a native speaker would say – the dog goes "woof" or dogs go "woof" would be OK, but this form sounds awkward.
  
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  @1006a Apparently it doesn't sound awkward to folks in Kentucky: books.google.com/books?id=YSEIPwp0RUsC&pg=PA61
  
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  @michael.hor257k I'm open to the possibility of dialect differences here, but I'm not sure I'd take the lyrics of an old folk song as evidence for what modern Kentuckians would find acceptable in speech.
  
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  @1006a I was being sarcastic. And we are discussing a song, not speech.
  
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Why Ylvis used "go" verb instead of "say" in their song "what the fox say?".

Dog goes "woof"

Cat goes "meow"

Bird goes "tweet"

Is there some specific meaning for "go"?

lyrics

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Dog goes "woof"

Cat goes "meow"

Bird goes "tweet"

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9. Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration: First I go, "Thank you," then he goes, "What for?"

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language

An example that shows the usage can be wider than that:

I fly into JFK

My heart goes boom boom boom

I know that customs man

He’s going to take me

To that little room

from Paranoia Blues by Paul Simon

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  A nitpick: "My heart goes boom boom boom" (also seen in Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill") is really not something someone said or uttered. If a heart or a drum goes "boom" it's just a sound made by an action. I'd suggest your answer would be improved by a different example.
  
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Verbs with very broad meanings like do or go get the sense of "say" in many languages. English uses "go" to mean "say" in very informal speech. There are children's songs about animal sounds that use it in this way.

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  Yes, for example the "speak and say" toy uses "The [animal] goes:" almost as often as "The [animal] says:" (along with variations like "Do you hear the [animal]?" and "Here is a/an [animal]:"). And of course a stereotypical teenage conversation includes sentences like So then he goes "wait, what did the fox say?"
  
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go

9. Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration: First I go, "Thank you," then he goes, "What for?"

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language

An example that shows the usage can be wider than that:

I fly into JFK

My heart goes boom boom boom

I know that customs man

He’s going to take me

To that little room

from Paranoia Blues by Paul Simon

share|improve this answer

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answered 20 mins ago

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  A nitpick: "My heart goes boom boom boom" (also seen in Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill") is really not something someone said or uttered. If a heart or a drum goes "boom" it's just a sound made by an action. I'd suggest your answer would be improved by a different example.
  
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go

9. Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration: First I go, "Thank you," then he goes, "What for?"

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language

An example that shows the usage can be wider than that:

I fly into JFK

My heart goes boom boom boom

I know that customs man

He’s going to take me

To that little room

from Paranoia Blues by Paul Simon

share|improve this answer

edited 6 mins ago

answered 20 mins ago

michael.hor257kmichael.hor257k

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  A nitpick: "My heart goes boom boom boom" (also seen in Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill") is really not something someone said or uttered. If a heart or a drum goes "boom" it's just a sound made by an action. I'd suggest your answer would be improved by a different example.
  
  – Robusto
  9 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

go

9. Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration: First I go, "Thank you," then he goes, "What for?"

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language

An example that shows the usage can be wider than that:

I fly into JFK

My heart goes boom boom boom

I know that customs man

He’s going to take me

To that little room

from Paranoia Blues by Paul Simon

share|improve this answer

edited 6 mins ago

answered 20 mins ago

michael.hor257kmichael.hor257k

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edited 6 mins ago

answered 20 mins ago

michael.hor257kmichael.hor257k

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answered 20 mins ago

michael.hor257kmichael.hor257k

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answered 20 mins ago

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Verbs with very broad meanings like do or go get the sense of "say" in many languages. English uses "go" to mean "say" in very informal speech. There are children's songs about animal sounds that use it in this way.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

jlovegrenjlovegren

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  Yes, for example the "speak and say" toy uses "The [animal] goes:" almost as often as "The [animal] says:" (along with variations like "Do you hear the [animal]?" and "Here is a/an [animal]:"). And of course a stereotypical teenage conversation includes sentences like So then he goes "wait, what did the fox say?"
  
  – 1006a
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

Verbs with very broad meanings like do or go get the sense of "say" in many languages. English uses "go" to mean "say" in very informal speech. There are children's songs about animal sounds that use it in this way.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

jlovegrenjlovegren

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes, for example the "speak and say" toy uses "The [animal] goes:" almost as often as "The [animal] says:" (along with variations like "Do you hear the [animal]?" and "Here is a/an [animal]:"). And of course a stereotypical teenage conversation includes sentences like So then he goes "wait, what did the fox say?"
  
  – 1006a
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Verbs with very broad meanings like do or go get the sense of "say" in many languages. English uses "go" to mean "say" in very informal speech. There are children's songs about animal sounds that use it in this way.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

jlovegrenjlovegren

12k12143

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answered 1 hour ago

jlovegrenjlovegren

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answered 1 hour ago

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answered 1 hour ago

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