Comments on: Japanese and Swedish Peek-a-boo

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:04:31 +0000

In German you say “Wo ist die Mama?/ Wo ist der Papa?”, then “Kuckuck!” or “Hier ist die Mama!/Hier ist der Papa!”. Both is possible.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:14:10 +0000

Aww, all those videos were so cute!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:59:44 +0000

In korean you say gock-um

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:51:35 +0000

In Lithuania we said:

Kur mama?/Kur tėtė? (where is mum?/where is dad?)

Akuku or bū..!!(pee-a-boo)

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:23:57 +0000

GREAT post! Those twins still have me laughing!

The French say cou cou for peek-a-boo.

By: Ramses

Ramses — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:01:28 +0000

Waar is papa? = Where’s daddy?
Waar is mama? = Where’s mommy?

By: anka

anka — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:44:06 +0000

in polish it’s “akuku”. it means nothing. the “where’s your mommu/daddy part” is “gdzie jest twoja mamusia/ twoj tatus?” but it’s mostly omitted as you can see on the vid http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=RW2LZZq4TYc

they say the only cultural pracice close to being universal is the incest taboo. who knows, maybe you’ve just found another.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest_taboo)

By: thomas

thomas — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:45:02 +0000

@Ramses: Thanks man! BTW, what do you say before “kiekeboe” (the “where’s daddy” part)?

And yes, those twins are hilarious!

By: Ramses

Ramses — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:14:04 +0000

Whahaha, the second Japanese video is hilarious!

In Dutch it’s ‘kiekeboe!’ (pronounced kee-ke-BOO). Last year we had a talk in psychology class about peek-a-booing. It appears that kids think they’re invisible when they cover their face. Pretty funny :-).