OT: onomatopoiesis
| From: | Aidan Grey <frterminus@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 19, 2001, 23:38 |
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Has anyone ever created a word, or modified it,
because of what it should sound like
onomatopoietically? An example from Aelya:
Q. quoro- 'choke' should become por, according to
the rules, but instead became chor, because the velar
ch /x/ sounds more like a choking sound.
Aidan
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