Kweh or Wark?

[Loony BoB]

When a wild animal senses a predator, it rarely speaks out to frighten an enemy - it is on some occasions to give a quick shock to the enemy and stop it in it's tracks (I know cats jump backwards when they hear a sudden sound) but normally it's to alert all other animals to the presence of a threat. Birds and monkeys are a great example of this, and as chocobos are birds, well, yeah! Still, Wark isn't only used in battle situations, it's used by wild chocobos (including those you race in FFVII) when they are happy etc. as well!

[Shorty]

Loony BoB: Your expert in all things chocobo.

[Loony BoB]

I may have researched this a bit years ago. >_>;

[Shorty]

oh my god I just had the greatest idea ever

robot chicken

wait for it

robot chocobo

[Loony BoB]

http://legioastartes.deviantart.com/...ocobo-89601845

[Shorty]

This is more of what I had in mind.

robotchicken.jpg

Nice job trying to make me into a non-genius, though.

[Loony BoB]

No, I liked the idea so much I had to find a picture of it before my mind exploded.

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&se...ocobo#/d2pdq2o
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&se...hocobo#/d3c6vo

None seem to be based on Robot Chicken, though, at least none that I can find.

[Shorty]

I do like those other robot chocobos! I just think that something like Dr. Odine or someone whizzzz whizzing and brrrrr brrrring and surgerifying a robot chocobo and then strapping it down to watch Final Fantasy tv would be awesome.

I'll stop derailing the thread now. But what noise would a robot chocobo make?

[Loony BoB]

I'm torn between Stephen Hawking and a Dalek. Perhaps the former for Kweh, the latter for Wark.

[Shorty]

stephen hawking xD

[Skyblade]

That's like asking which is correct: The or And? It depends on the chocobo and on the situation the chocobo is in. There are moments in the games when it's quite clearly a 'Kweh' sound being made, and others where 'Wark' is the clearer word. "Wark" seems to me to be more commonly used in panic, joy or celebration, while "Kweh" is more likely to be when the chocobo is sad, in pain or perhaps in a situation where it wants to express endearment. I see Wark as the more casual, loud outburst while Kweh is the more personal one-to-one expression used amongst family.

Personally, I adore Kweh for it's use as a loving noise from parent to child, but my major feeling when thinking of chocobos is of them in high spirits (eg. after winning a race), so Wark it is for me!

I still want to know what word(s) to use to describe the three-syllable-sound chocobos make on occasion.

Wook-ie-woo

Yes. That's it. Better than both Kweh and Wark.

[Quindiana Jones]

A robotic chocobo in action.

[Pumpkin]

Kweh because Bobby Corwin and Choco were the best chocobos ever and they said Kweh.

My spell check is not liking most of that sentence.

[Roogle]

I usually go with whichever term has been used longer. I think in that case, it is kweh, as that was used from Final Fantasy IX onwards, right? The same thing goes for character names like Aerith and Aeris.

[Loony BoB]

I usually go with whichever term has been used longer. I think in that case, it is kweh, as that was used from Final Fantasy IX onwards, right? The same thing goes for character names like Aerith and Aeris.

Ah, but both wark and kweh are used simultaneously depending on the chocobo, it seems...