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or however it's written. i would like to know how and what it means.
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Hullaballo is sort of an auditory cattywampus. Dunno where it comes from. Maybe what they call echoic.
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Dear Faldage: Is there a difference between onomatopoeia and "echoic"?
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a difference between onomatopoeia and "echoic"
That's an interesting question. My gut reaction would be that echoic is a lttle more literal. To be echoic it has to actually sound like what it is; onomatopoeic can get away with merely suggesting. The advantage of sounding more high-faluting; they cut you more slack.
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You sure that echoic isn't one of the great Greek ages or a type of column or something, Faldage? You being an immortal, an' everything, like.
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>a difference between onomatopoeia and "echoic"
I think that onomatopoeia is the effect created by echoic words.
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onomatopoeia
n.
5LL < Gr onomatopoiia < onoma (gen. onomatos), NAME + poiein, to make: see POET6
1 formation of a word by imitating the natural sound associated with the object or action involved; echoism (Ex.: tinkle, buzz, chickadee, etc.)
2 the use of words whose sounds reinforce their meaning or tone, as in poetry
on#o[mat#o[poe$ic or on#o[mat#o[po[et$ic 73pb et4ik8
adj.
on#o[mat#o[poe$i[cal[ly or on#o[mat#o[po[et$i[cal[ly
adv.
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