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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #36890 - 07/29/01 01:52 AM onomatopoeic words doru stranger Registered: 07/29/01 Posts: 5 Loc: Born in Arad, Transylvania. I ... Could someone kindly tell me where I could find a list of onomatopoeic words? I am translating a short story from Romanian into English. At one point the author says [translation follows, with Romanian word in capitals]: "...the melting asphalt into which the high heels of her shoes were sinking with a FLEOSC" What would be the English equivalent? "Swoosh" (Probably not). "Slosh"? Dorin Top #36891 - 07/29/01 11:29 AM Re: onomatopoeic words Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773 Hello Doru. I don't have a complete list of onomatopoeic words, but you can find a short list here: http://teenwriting.about.com/library/blank/blstory1459.htm?once=true& It seems to me that you want something like "squish" for the sound of high heels sinking into melting asphalt. Don't be shy about making up a word that seems to sound like the effect the author intends. Top #36892 - 07/29/01 10:32 PM Re: onomatopoeic words doru stranger Registered: 07/29/01 Posts: 5 Loc: Born in Arad, Transylvania. I ... Thank you, Sparteye. Coming up with my own word for that sound was precisely what I had thought of doing, and now, with your blessing, I will be doing. Great list. Doru Top #36893 - 07/30/01 12:26 PM Re: onomatopoeic words tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass ::glorp:: Top #36894 - 07/30/01 08:17 PM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #36895 - 07/31/01 09:37 AM Re: onomatopoeic words Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 a totally irresistible urge Oh, go ahead, Max. Resist it. Top #36896 - 07/31/01 11:44 AM Re: onomatopoeic words wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Sparteye: I looked at the link you gave. It had a lot of good ones, but I counted twelve words that I do not believe are onomatopoeia: allude,asinine,blurred,bow,cling,explode,lexicon,rose,shimmy,tingle,twinkle, and veracity. Top #36897 - 07/31/01 12:45 PM Re: onomatopoeic words tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 Loc: this too shall pass two thoughts, bill... 1) onomatopoeia itself is an old, Greek word; so maybe some of the old roots of these words were formed from the imitation of sounds 2) there is a second sense to the word onomatopoeia (and this is the more likely explanation): the use of words whose sound suggests the sense [it's a chicken and egg sort of thing] Top #36898 - 07/31/01 03:13 PM Re: onomatopoeic words musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago "explode" sounds like one to me because of the "xpl-" sound. For the same reason that "blink" does sound like the "interrupter" in an auto's turn signal circuit... "twinkle" seems to work... a little bit. Top #36899 - 07/31/01 03:36 PM Re: onomatopoeic words wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 The etymology of "explode" is not what I thought, so even if dictionary's first meaning is to "explode a theory" (which ought not be done with dynamite) everything else is in favor of onomatopoeia, so I was wrong on that one. The question of "blink" being onomatopoeia is akin to the drill sergeant's order "Eyes right, and I want to hear those eyeballs click!" Top Page 1 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. 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