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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread request #36901 07/29/2001 8:50 AM Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 5 Born in Arad, Transylvania. I ... doru stranger doru stranger Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 5 Born in Arad, Transylvania. I ... I posted this request earlier, in the wrong "area". I am reposting it where I believe it belongs: 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 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted request doru 07/29/2001 8:50 AM Re: request wwh 07/29/2001 1:27 PM Re: Apropos of Nothing tsuwm 07/29/2001 1:46 PM Re: request of troy 07/29/2001 8:50 PM Re: request Alex Williams 07/29/2001 8:59 PM Re: request doru 07/30/2001 2:18 AM Re: request belligerentyouth 07/30/2001 12:15 PM Re: request Bingley 07/30/2001 1:12 PM Re: request wow 07/30/2001 1:37 PM Re: request belligerentyouth 07/30/2001 1:49 PM Re: request doru 07/30/2001 2:20 PM Re: request consuelo 07/30/2001 10:19 PM the story Of shoes... of troy 07/30/2001 5:13 PM Re: the story Of shoes... AnnaStrophic 07/30/2001 5:54 PM Re: the story Of shoes... of troy 07/30/2001 6:21 PM Re: the story Of shoes... rodward 07/31/2001 9:43 AM Re: brush with greatness tsuwm 07/31/2001 2:33 PM Re: great with brushness maverick 07/31/2001 3:03 PM Re: great with brushness musick 07/31/2001 10:35 PM Re: great with brushness wow 08/01/2001 8:12 PM New reference tool? Jackie 07/30/2001 2:51 AM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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