Re: Animals' talk (jara: German letter names)

 --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote: > On
Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:49:56PM -0800, Arthaey
> Angosii wrote:
> [snip]
> > "Woof" sounds friendly to me, whereas "bark" could
> be more aggressive, or
> > at least louder/noiser/more enthusiastic.  "Arf"
> sounds like a little dog
> > or a half-hearted bark.  Just my personal
> impressions, mind you.  :)
> [snip]
>
> Similarly, 'wuff' is a short, high-pitched bark,
> whereas 'woof' is a low,
> growling bark. And 'yip' is a higher-pitched puppy
> bark. :-)
>
i like these vowel gradated forms ( as anyone vaguely
familiar with bac word derivation will remember ),
both in onomatopeia ( snip, snap, snop ) and in
neologism. frinstance i use the words plink, plank and
plonk to refer to poor quality white, rosé and red
wine respectively

bac examples :
ged, gad, god : jaw, door, gate
wes, was, wos : forearm, branch, calf
ses, sas, sos : breath, breeze, wind
gej, gaj, goj : microscope/close examination,
eye/view, telescope/overview

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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