Onomatopoeia

While Onomatopoeia is a mouthful, the concept is quite easy. The actual word derives from Greek, meaning "name" and "I make". In layman's terms, it's a word that resembles the source of sound it describes.

It makes sense that onomatopoetic words differ from language to language. I remember when teaching the English words of animals to young children in Korea, I showed them a picture of a cat, and then imitated its sound - Meow. Then they taught me that the cat sound in Korean was Yaong!

But alas, this is an English language blog, so I'll stick to only English words. 



Here is a list of words that sound like they actually sound:
Bang         Crack       Squish      Beep
Boom        Snap        Gurgle      Sizzle
Pop           Rustle      Roar         Buzz
Splash       Drip         Purr          Ring
Wham       Poof         Slurp        Growl

Can you think of any others?

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