Break time: onomatopoetic words

[Guest wkallander]

thwack!

I feel much better now...

[hutcheson]

Aargh.

[Rock]

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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[dfy]

What on earth is 'zoomwhizbuzz' supposed to sound like?

[Rock]

words that sound like themselves?

[Guest]

Like

 

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]

Lick.

 

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