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Thread #11584   Message #87867
Posted By: Margo
19-Jun-99 - 12:42 AM
Thread Name: onomatopoeias: your favorites in all language
Subject: RE: onomatopoeias: your favorites in all language
And a cow's moo in French is appropriately meuh.

I love the bilateral butterfly symmetry.

Hey, I've heard plucked guitar strings called a twang. (That depends on how you're plucking)

I've seen a concertina's sound described as a honk. (A pleasant honk, which seems like an oxymoron to me) Isn't there a better word for that wonderful instrument?

Margarita