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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Reporter on April 18, 2023, 09:27:29 AM

Title: We used to hunt mynah birds; they tasted pretty good. But they do speak Hmong.
Post by: Reporter on April 18, 2023, 09:27:29 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iFy8Js-IWU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iFy8Js-IWU)

Title: Re: We used to hunt mynah birds; they tasted pretty good. But they do speak Hmong.
Post by: hmgROCK on April 18, 2023, 10:13:16 AM

when you have nothing to eat
and it's survival mode

yeah

i grew up fighting for squirrel head to eat
not soo much anymore these days


 ;D ;D

Title: Re: We used to hunt mynah birds; they tasted pretty good. But they do speak Hmong.
Post by: Cali Guy on April 18, 2023, 11:00:23 AM

That’s what Hmong people could be hearing back in the days and called it “poj ntxoog”. lol

Title: Re: We used to hunt mynah birds; they tasted pretty good. But they do speak Hmong.
Post by: Reporter on April 18, 2023, 12:18:18 PM

One of our neighbors used to have one in a small cage hanging
on her front door. Whenever we went there, it would say "Koj
lub npe hu li cas?" and "Koj mus ab tsi?"

Title: Re: We used to hunt mynah birds; they tasted pretty good. But they do speak Hmong.
Post by: Reporter on April 18, 2023, 12:20:29 PM

That wasn't it at all. We had an abundance of those birds.
So many of them around.

Quote from: hmgROCK on April 18, 2023, 10:13:16 AM

when you have nothing to eat
and it's survival mode

yeah

i grew up fighting for squirrel head to eat
not soo much anymore these days


 ;D ;D