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The currently accepted “voicing” of water by the famous “bul’-bul’” was not popular in ancient times. Our ancestors were closer to household sounds, the murmur of a brook, flowing rivers and even the sounds of defecation. The “whistling” sounds “s”, “ts”, “z” and the sound “zh” speak about water more often. Sometimes “hissing” sounds – “sh”, “ch”, “shch” – do the same.