Ouch Around the World

You may be surprised to learn that pain is expressed differently from culture to culture. Of course, there are many different ways to express pain as well: below is just a small sampling of sound files. Also check out this ouch-mix.

 WAV files  AU files  AIF files
 America  ouch.wav  ouch.au  ouch.aif
   america2.wav  america2.au  america2.aif
 Brazil  portbrazil.wav  portbrazil.au  portbrazil.aif
 Cambodia  cambod1.wav  cambod1.au  cambod1.aif
   cambod2.wav  cambod2.au  cambod2.aif
 Canada, French  fr_can1.wav  fr_can1.au  fr_can1.aif
   fr_can2.wav  fr_can2.au  fr_can2.aif
 China  chinese.wav  chinese.au  chinese.aif
 France  france.wav  france.au  france.aif
 Germany  germany.wav  germany.au  germany.aif
 Greece/Cyprus  greece.wav  greece.au  greece.aif
 Guatemala  guatemal.wav  guatemal.au  guatemal.aif
 Hungary  hungari1.wav  hungari1.au  hungari1.aif
 Indonesia  indo.wav  indo.au  indo.aif
 Iraq  iraq1.wav  iraq1.au  iraq1.aif
   iraq2.wav  iraq2.au  iraq2.aif
 Iran  iranian.wav  iranian.au  iranian.aif
 Italy  italy.wav  italy.au  italy.aif
 Japan  japan.wav  japan.au  japan.aif
 Morocco  morocco.wav  morocco.au  morocco.aif
 Norway  norway.wav  norway.au  norway.aif
 Pakistan  paki.wav  paki.au  paki.aif
 Peru Quechua language  peruquechua.wav  peruquechua.au  peruquechua.aif
 Phillippines  philipin.wav  philipin.au  philipin.aif
 Slovenia  slovenia.wav  slovenia.au  slovenia.aif
 Spain  spanish.wav  spanish.au  spanish.aif
 Tamil Nadu  tamlnadu.wav  tamlnadu.au  tamlnadu.aif
 Turkey  turkey.wav  turkey.au  turkey.aif

If you'd like to contribute your expression of pain, send me a sound file, (email summerleaf(AT symbol)coiledtospring.com) and let me know which country/culture it represents.