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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: 5249 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: 13667 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: 5249 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: 2154 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 Moderator:  Jackie  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 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210118 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 43 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 69 jenny jenny 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June 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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