Otis Driftwood
03-30-2007, 06:03 AM
First part of the article from wikipedia:
Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled onomatopœia) is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as “bang”, “click”, "buzz" or "pop" or animal such as “moo”, “oink”, “quack” or “meow"
Onomatopoeic words exist in every language, although they are different in each. For example:
In Latin, tuxtax was the equivalent of “bam” or “whack” and was meant to imitate the sound of blows landing.
In Ancient Greek, koax was used as the sound of a frog croaking.
In Dutch, kukeleku indicates the characteristic sound of cocks. :D COCKS!
In Korean, meong meong is onomatopoeia for the sound of a dog barking.
In Chinese, wang wang is the sound of a dog barking.
In Japanese, doki doki is used to indicate the (speeding up of the) beating of a heart (and thus excitement).
Whereas in Hindi, dhadak (pronounced /ˈd̪əɖək/) is the word for a person's heartbeat, indicative of the sound of one single beat.
In Haitian Creole, beep imitates the sound of a collision (ex. a car crash).
In Turkish, hapşurmak is the verb for to sneeze, based on the sound "hapshoo" made by a person who sneezes.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia
Sometimes I talk like that cause I read too many comics...
Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled onomatopœia) is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as “bang”, “click”, "buzz" or "pop" or animal such as “moo”, “oink”, “quack” or “meow"
Onomatopoeic words exist in every language, although they are different in each. For example:
In Latin, tuxtax was the equivalent of “bam” or “whack” and was meant to imitate the sound of blows landing.
In Ancient Greek, koax was used as the sound of a frog croaking.
In Dutch, kukeleku indicates the characteristic sound of cocks. :D COCKS!
In Korean, meong meong is onomatopoeia for the sound of a dog barking.
In Chinese, wang wang is the sound of a dog barking.
In Japanese, doki doki is used to indicate the (speeding up of the) beating of a heart (and thus excitement).
Whereas in Hindi, dhadak (pronounced /ˈd̪əɖək/) is the word for a person's heartbeat, indicative of the sound of one single beat.
In Haitian Creole, beep imitates the sound of a collision (ex. a car crash).
In Turkish, hapşurmak is the verb for to sneeze, based on the sound "hapshoo" made by a person who sneezes.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia
Sometimes I talk like that cause I read too many comics...