onomatopoeia
the creation of words that imitate natural sounds
TRANSLATION
onomatopoeia = die Lautmalerei --- GOOGLE INDEX onomatopoeia: approximately 600,000 Google hits
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I love how different languages show us that ONOMATOPOEIA is never exactly what it seems.
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onomatopoeia
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- the formation of words that imitate natural sounds such as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom
- the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect
Merriam-Webster Dictionary / Dictonary.com
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MEMORY and PRONUNCIATION TRICK
OK folks, here's my trick to remember and say this fascinating word:
(1) Say the girl's name "PIA"
(2) Now say the English word "MATTER"
(3) Say (1) and (2) together = MATTER-PIA
(4) Now say the English word "HONOUR"
(5) Say (1) and (2) and (3) together = HONOUR-MATTER-PIA
HONOUR-MATTER-PIA = onomatopoeia
Easy peasy! :-)
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For those of you who were, or perhaps still are, comic book lovers, you already know what onomatopoeia is, even though you may not have realized it. Super hero comics are full of onomatopoeia like "zap" "boom" and "bang" to indicate the sounds of fighting.
The word "onomatopoeia" comes from the combination of two Greek words, one meaning "name" and the other meaning "I make." So onomatopoeia literally means the name (or sound) I make. "Boing" for example, means nothing more than what it sounds like. It is only a sound effect.
Many onomatopoeic words have come to mean other things related to the sounds they make. "Slap," for instance, not only means the sound that is made by skin hitting skin, but also the action of hitting someone (usually on the face) with an open hand.
"Rustle" is the sound of papers brushing together, but it also indicates the action of someone moving papers around and causing them to brush together, thus making this noise. And of course, "twitter" is now much more than just the sound birds make.
(adapted from yourdictionary.com)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Onomatopoeia is a word I could never remember or say until I learned a trick in OWAD."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
Do you remember yesterday's OWAD?
What's the missing phrase?
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noun
- the formation of words that imitate natural sounds such as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom
- the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect
Merriam-Webster Dictionary / Dictonary.com
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MEMORY and PRONUNCIATION TRICK
OK folks, here's my trick to remember and say this fascinating word:
(1) Say the girl's name "PIA"
(2) Now say the English word "MATTER"
(3) Say (1) and (2) together = MATTER-PIA
(4) Now say the English word "HONOUR"
(5) Say (1) and (2) and (3) together = HONOUR-MATTER-PIA
HONOUR-MATTER-PIA = onomatopoeia
Easy peasy! :-)
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For those of you who were, or perhaps still are, comic book lovers, you already know what onomatopoeia is, even though you may not have realized it. Super hero comics are full of onomatopoeia like "zap" "boom" and "bang" to indicate the sounds of fighting.
The word "onomatopoeia" comes from the combination of two Greek words, one meaning "name" and the other meaning "I make." So onomatopoeia literally means the name (or sound) I make. "Boing" for example, means nothing more than what it sounds like. It is only a sound effect.
Many onomatopoeic words have come to mean other things related to the sounds they make. "Slap," for instance, not only means the sound that is made by skin hitting skin, but also the action of hitting someone (usually on the face) with an open hand.
"Rustle" is the sound of papers brushing together, but it also indicates the action of someone moving papers around and causing them to brush together, thus making this noise. And of course, "twitter" is now much more than just the sound birds make.
(adapted from yourdictionary.com)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Onomatopoeia is a word I could never remember or say until I learned a trick in OWAD."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
Do you remember yesterday's OWAD?
What's the missing phrase?
ursprünglich Londoner Mode- und Jugendbewegung, heute Begriff für Veränderung von gesellschaftlichen Normen durch die Jugend = Y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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