Drake 7,

The sound of a word can also effect the way people interpret a word totally separate from onomatopoeia.
Oh, for sure, not to mention the time and place a word is used. I mean if I’m driving down the freeway and some guy leans out of his car and calls me a ‘bitch’ there’s not doubt in my mind what he means. On the other hand, late at night in the heat of passion, the very same word will have completely different meaning and effect on me.


And what about the way it’s said?

Like “please’, by putting the emphasis on different parts of the word, it can have a whole new meaning. I mean:

Pulleez – give me a break that is just so ridiculous.
Please? - May I?
Please! - You’re forgetting your manners.
Or pleeze - pretty with a cherry on top! I’m begging you! (Your favorite too I bet.)



Hi boccaccio2000g,

Mind if I shorten that to bocca in future?

How about ‘cute’. I say use that word when I want to express that something is little and/or appealing. My dictionary, however, says it’s something “ugly but interesting’

Interesting huh?

Alex.