I have a best friend who, if you’ve been following me for a while you’ll know goes by the name of John (mostly because that’s his name) but I’ve thought about changing it. I already have, on occasion.
John is a fan of making sound effects. I don’t know if he really realizes he’s doing it, but often when he sits down across from me at my kitchen table he says “plonk” as his butt comes in contact with the chair. So I’ve started calling him Batman.
I wonder sometimes about my seeming obsession with grammar. Where some people may hear a “sound effect” when someone does what my BFF does, I identify it with onomatopoeia. Does that equal obsession? Or is it simply because I’m in the throes of editing that it’s with me constantly? I can tell you, it’s killing me that I’m not able to edit this.
My concentration is shot – Alex’s friend just came over to play video games. With the sound on. (Normally I don’t have to listen to movies, shows, and games since Alex is Deaf – his friend is hearing.) So my world is full of sound effects. Whoopie!
This all-over-the-place post is part of SoCS. Go here: https://lindaghill.com/2015/06/12/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-1315/ and see how easy it is to join in the fun! Sock it to ’em!
June 16, 2015 at 3:54 pm
ZOWIE!
Oddly, (or not), I referenced comic sound effects in my post this week, too.
Incidentally, although T’Pol knows the Latin definition of onomatopoeia, she informs me that Vulcans don’t have that language form, as they perceive sound and qualify it by other means.
I imagine going from the normally-silent games to full-on sound must be jarring!
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June 19, 2015 at 8:47 am
I guess it would be! I’m hoping to get around to all the SoCS posts from last week (and other weeks I’ve missed) soon!
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June 20, 2015 at 6:29 am
I’m hoping to do the same , and answer comments promptly, and finish three books before the end of next month (which means I need to finish plotting two of them!).
I love when TnT play with language!
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June 15, 2015 at 5:23 am
Over here, “plonk” is cheap wine, so “hic” would be the onomatopoeia I’d connect with that word.
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June 19, 2015 at 8:45 am
Haha! Come to think of it, my dad (originally from the U.K.) used to use “plonk” to mean a kiss. So “mwah”! works too. 🙂
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June 19, 2015 at 9:09 am
I think, wherever you’re from, one leads to the other. ;~}
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June 19, 2015 at 9:10 am
Haha! Depends on the company I suppose.
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June 19, 2015 at 9:17 am
Wine is a great social leveller, hahaha
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June 19, 2015 at 9:20 am
Especially when one is alone.
Oooh, that’s deep.
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June 19, 2015 at 9:26 am
I think you’re confusing “wine” with “whine”. ;~}
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June 14, 2015 at 5:34 am
Good Linda… ♥
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June 19, 2015 at 8:44 am
Thanks!
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June 13, 2015 at 6:01 pm
Kapow…Linda, this was a good one, though a noisy house after being so quiet can be a challenge….
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June 13, 2015 at 10:42 pm
Definitely! Thanks, Michael. 🙂
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June 13, 2015 at 3:14 pm
BAM! You hit me hard with that one! POW!
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June 13, 2015 at 10:41 pm
Ha! As long as you don’t go KER-PLUNK! we’re good. 😉
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June 13, 2015 at 2:37 pm
John sounds like fun. I don’t blame you for wanting to change his name. Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named John.
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June 13, 2015 at 10:40 pm
… all of the Toms, Dicks, and Harrys who aren’t named George of course. 😉
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June 14, 2015 at 8:26 am
LOL
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June 16, 2015 at 3:56 pm
Or Jim. (I’m rather fond of that one; it’s a good name for a husband to have, in my opinion…).
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June 19, 2015 at 8:43 am
It’s a great name – as long as his real name isn’t Stanley, then you may be in trouble. 😉
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June 13, 2015 at 12:25 pm
I enjoy sound effects in real life. Are you old enough to remember Victor Borge’s punctuation sounds? I always loved that routine.
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June 13, 2015 at 2:17 pm
Oh, yes. And I used it to teach punctuation. As I am sure did many, many teachers.
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June 13, 2015 at 10:39 pm
I’m old enough to remember Victor Borge, but I don’t remember the routine. I’ll have to look it up. 🙂 Thanks, Dan!
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June 13, 2015 at 11:50 am
Lol John sounds funny
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June 13, 2015 at 11:50 am
sounds like a funny guy, sorry, social media rush!
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June 13, 2015 at 11:53 am
He has his moments. 🙂 Laughing is something we do a lot of together, I’m happy to say.
Thanks for your comment(s), C.S.! 🙂
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June 13, 2015 at 10:48 am
We are so alike, you and I. I, too used to have a best friend called John. Haven’t seen him since 1965, though. Last I heard he was in Germany. I don’t recall him making strange onomatopoeic utterances, but he did break his arm once. Don’t suppose that counts though, does it. Oh yes, it does – CRACK!
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June 13, 2015 at 10:58 am
OUCH! Or should that be OOF!
Maybe you can find your friend John again on social media – stranger things have happened. 🙂 Thanks for sharing that, Keith. 🙂
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