Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:37:09 -0500 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
writes:
> Christian Thalmann scripsit:
> > German: /ps:t/,  Swiss German /pS:t/,  Obrenje /hMs:/  (it's also
> the
> > imperative form of the verb |cusme| "to be silent").
> Interesting!  In English, /ps:t/ is the sound used to
> *surrepititously*
> attract someone's attention.
> --
> John Cowan <jcowan@...>
-

I know people who use /pS::/ as a 'congratulatory' sound.
ex.
 - "It was so cool, i just platform-dove from the top of the Library
Tower and didn't break my legs!"
 - "/pS::/..."


-Stephen (Steg)
 "yaldi hatov veharakh
  al tira v'al tifhhad..."