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				ONOMATOPOEIA
				
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Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:35 pmby oVo
				example:
She smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:37 amby Army of GOD
				Those are similes.
An ONOMATOPOEIA is "bam!" or "moo!" or "PIKACHU!"
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:18 amby oVo
				Doink... you're right.
Homer wrote:Doh!
 
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:12 pmby Quirks Wife
				
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:19 pmby 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
				
Posted: 
Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:24 pmby nagerous
				*cough*
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
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Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:44 pmby 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
				
Posted: 
Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:06 amby oVo
				Is cable the sound digital TV makes?
Shhh I hear something.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
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Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:14 pmby shieldgenerator7
				SPLAT!
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
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Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:30 pmby oVo
				Bang went the gun, crash went the window
and ouch went the son of a gun.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
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Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:10 amby Chariot of Fire
				Cantonese for 'fart' is Fom-pay
There's something wonderfully onomatapoeic about it.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:31 amby oVo
				phiiiit... said the bum
Fom-pay sounds a bit extreme- show: What is invisible with a distinct bouquet of bamboo
 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:11 pmby oVo
				Bump went the post.
			 
			
		
			
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:17 pmby Victor Sullivan
				Ker-chow.
-Sully
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:35 pmby oVo
				Splish! went AoG's little head.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:40 pmby 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
				
Posted: 
Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:40 pmby QoH
				Now make sentences with all of those.
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:14 amby jonesthecurl
				fizzle goes the thread
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:56 amby oVo
				ding! went my computer
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:03 pmby rdsrds2120
				Huh -- what an interesting thread!
-rd
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:31 pmby Evolution299
				kerplowie!
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:33 amby oVo
				plop! went the poop.
			 
			
		
			
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Posted: 
Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:05 pmby oVo
				peeoing!
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:07 pmby Victor Sullivan
				QUACK!
-Sully
			 
			
		
			
				Re: ONOMATOPOEIA
				
Posted: 
Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:31 pmby oVo
				z i l c h