onomatopoeia

joelsim

whoosh

briantrumpet

Ding dong!

desweller

briantrumpet wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Tick tock

Why not "tock tick"? Or "flopflip"??

I think that in all these sorts of couplets the syllable with the "i" sound comes before the one with the "o" sound. Same in phrases such as "wishy-washy" or "tip-top".

Virtual prize if anyone can come up with a counter example. I might give them a Platonic Kitkat.

Welsh word for microwave? Popty-ping.

Yes I know no-one actually uses it.

briantrumpet

DesWeller wrote:

briantrumpet wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Tick tock

Why not "tock tick"? Or "flopflip"??

I think that in all these sorts of couplets the syllable with the "i" sound comes before the one with the "o" sound. Same in phrases such as "wishy-washy" or "tip-top".

Virtual prize if anyone can come up with a counter example. I might give them a Platonic Kitkat.

Welsh word for microwave? Popty-ping.

Yes I know no-one actually uses it.

Perhaps they don't use it because it breaks the laws of nature.

But despite that, you can have a platonic sheep for a prize, as I still haven't found a platonic Kitkat. There's never quite enough chocolate. And if there were, I'd want more wafer.

pinno

Splish splash.

Can this thread evolve into an oxy moron thread (and prizes for an onomatopeic oxy moron) ?

Near miss.
Long shorts.

briantrumpet

pinarello001 wrote:

Can this thread evolve into an oxy moron thread (and prizes for an onomatopeic oxy moron) ?

Or an irony thread?

Short. Shorter. Shortest.