A whinny, consisting of a series of two- or three-syllabic "ha" sounds, serves to maintain contact between members of a group.
In North America, the clapper rail (Rallus longirostris) has a loud cackling call, the sora (Porzana carolina) emits an explosive whinny, and the yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) makes a noise like two small stones being clicked together.
Other species utter similar sounds, the whinny of the horse and the bray of the ass being well-known examples.
"Jen never said it was based on me," she booms in a north London foghorn, not at all the sweetie-darling whinny I was expecting.
There were three of us operating the animal; we developed our own language of noise cues – a little whinny or neigh to let us all know we were about to rear up".
There are also wood-heated hot tubs and massage rooms, and floor-to-ceiling windows beyond which herds of wild horses frolick and whinny.
Just as the visual image in the frame of a motion picture was elevated from the profusion of nature and could be seen fresh, so could sound be isolated for artistic purposes the screech of automobile tires, the ticking of a watch, the baying of hounds, the whinny of a horse.
