Break time: onomatopoetic words

Rock

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Seems strange to me that "onomatopoeia" is one of the least onomatopoetic words in the English language. How about this:
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noun: zoomwhizbuzz
plural: zoomwhizbuzzes
verb (reg): zoomwhizbuzz
adjective: zoomwhizbuzzish
adverb: zoomwhizbuzzly
interjection: zoomwhizbuzzt!
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swish
swoosh
splat
dmoz
ping

what interests me (being an Englishman in Stockholm) is how Swedes use different words - like how can it sound different. For instance Swedes say 'Plash' not 'Splash'. So does the sound start with an 'S' or not?
 

djdeeds

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Lick.

(Watching my cats drink water made me think of this. Say it lots of times fast.)
 
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