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bearisgray 08-06-2012 09:33 AM

Word List - onomatopoeic words
 
I still can't say that 'o' word correctly - but I enjoy those kinds of words - words that sort of sound like what it is/does

Please add to my short list:

plop
whoosh
sizzle
fizzle
crackle
quack
squish

QuiltE 08-06-2012 09:55 AM

how could you have forgotten? .............. mooooooooooooo!


click

Neesie 08-06-2012 10:02 AM

tweet (listening to the wildlife)

mrs. fitz 08-06-2012 11:09 AM

BOOM. And here's how I learned to pronounce it -

ah-no-ma-toe-pia

Peckish 08-06-2012 12:10 PM

Frumpy. lol.

Greenheron 08-06-2012 02:28 PM

"Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay,
BOOM." --Vachel Lindsay's drums in the Congo

Cock-a-doodle-do
Grrrrrr
Meow
Arf
Pft
pop
fizzle
buzz
zap
gulp
Choo-choo
Ah-ooo-ga
glug
sip
zip
huff and puff
slurp
GARGLE


This is what happens to your mind after 25 years in kindergarten.

DogHouseMom 08-06-2012 03:36 PM

tink
plink
ding
dong



And let's not forget some unpleasant bodily functions
burp
ralph

bearisgray 08-06-2012 06:41 PM

burp
splish splash
grunt
oof
uffda
POW

Neesie 08-06-2012 06:45 PM

beep
tick-tock

MaryMo 08-06-2012 06:53 PM

adding more:
achoo
purr
ick
hiss
meow
swoosh
baa
eek
thud
cuckoo
crackle
bang
beep
boo
moo
tsk
ouch
oink
mumble
murmur


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