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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #185267 - 06/10/09 05:26 PM Re: multilingual onomatopoeia [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Understood. Our bells do not go 'ding'. They go 'bim'. A metal spring ??? I think it would go 'ploing'. Top #185272 - 06/10/09 06:54 PM Re: multilingual onomatopoeia [Re: BranShea] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381 Branny, how do you pronounce the oi? We pronounce it like a German eu. Top #185280 - 06/11/09 07:04 AM Re: multilingualGeuthe [Re: Faldage] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 3387 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Yes, like in Feuer or deutsches. Goethe is pronounced slightly different. It should be like in Toynbee. (toying- ploing) Latisha, what does bell do for you? Phonetically? Or Indonesian, Bingly? I like the English word squeak as onomatopoeia. A squeaking parquet floor; that's exactly want it does. Squeak ! Horrible. Edited by BranShea (06/11/09 01:56 PM) Edit Reason: spelling mistakes forever Top #185297 - 06/11/09 09:41 PM Re: multilingualGeuthe [Re: BranShea] Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2031 Loc: British Columbia, Canada A little bell dings, a big church bell goes bong. Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187591 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 12 Guests and 23 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6595 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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