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ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:35 pm
by oVo
example:

She smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:37 am
by Army of GOD
Those are similes.

An ONOMATOPOEIA is "bam!" or "moo!" or "PIKACHU!"

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:18 am
by oVo
Doink... you're right.

Homer wrote:Doh!

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:12 pm
by Quirks Wife
*Ahem*

"Onomatopoeia"
Todd Rundgren

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSPQfz_Tyd8

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:19 pm
by Quirk
Ka-blamo!

When I was a kid I used to lure bobwhite quail closer by whistling to them.
That was before cable TV.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:24 pm
by nagerous
*cough*

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:44 pm
by Evil Semp
Quirk wrote:Ka-blamo!

When I was a kid I used to lure bobwhite quail closer by whistling to them.
That was before cable TV.


Now you use cable TV to lure them closer to you?

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:06 am
by oVo
Is cable the sound digital TV makes?
Shhh I hear something.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:14 pm
by shieldgenerator7
SPLAT!

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:30 pm
by oVo
Bang went the gun, crash went the window
and ouch went the son of a gun.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:10 am
by Chariot of Fire
Cantonese for 'fart' is Fom-pay

There's something wonderfully onomatapoeic about it.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:31 am
by oVo
phiiiit... said the bum
Fom-pay sounds a bit extreme

show: What is invisible with a distinct bouquet of bamboo

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:11 pm
by oVo
Bump went the post.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:17 pm
by Victor Sullivan
Ker-chow.

-Sully

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:35 pm
by oVo
Splish! went AoG's little head.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:40 pm
by QoH
achoo
ahem
bang
bash
bam
bark
bawl
beep
belch
blab
blare
blurt
boing
boink
bonk
bong
boo
boo-hoo
boom
bow-wow
brring
bubble
bump
burp
buzz
cackle
chatter
cheep
chirp
chomp
choo-choo
chortle
clang
clash
clank
clap
clatter
click
clink
clip clop
cluck
clunk
cock a doodle doo
cough
crackle
creak
croak
crunch
cuckoo
ding
ding dong
drip
fizz
flick
flip
flutter
giggle
glug
groan
growl
grunt
guffaw
gurgle
hack
haha
hack
hiccup
hiss
hohoho
honk
hoot
howl
huh
hum
jangle
ker-ching
kerplunk
knock
la
meow
moan
moo
mumble
munch
murmur
mutter
neigh
oink
ouch
ooze
phew
ping
pitter patter
plink
plop
pluck
plunk
poof
pop
pow
purr
quack
rattle
ribbit
ring
rip
roar
rumble
rush
rustle
screech
shuffle
shush
sizzle
slap
slash
slither
slurp
smack
snap
snarl
sniff
snip
snore
snort
splash
splat
splatter
splish
splosh
squawk
squeak
squelch
squish
swoosh
thud
thump
thwack
tic-toc
tinkle
trickle
twang
tweet
ugh
vroom
waffle
whack
whallop
wham
whimper
whip
whirr
whisper
whizz
whoop
whoosh
woof
yelp
yikes
zap
zing
zip
zoom

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:40 pm
by QoH
Now make sentences with all of those.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:14 am
by jonesthecurl
fizzle goes the thread

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:56 am
by oVo
ding! went my computer

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:03 pm
by rdsrds2120
Huh -- what an interesting thread!

-rd

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:31 pm
by Evolution299
kerplowie!

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:33 am
by oVo
plop! went the poop.

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:05 pm
by oVo
peeoing!

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:07 pm
by Victor Sullivan
QUACK!

-Sully

Re: ONOMATOPOEIA

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:31 pm
by oVo
z i l c h