Onomatopoeia!

[Alex Bragi]

Recently my friend, Curtis, mentioned a word I hadn’t heard before – onomatopoeia. Actually he often does that, but this one is really intriguing to me.

For those as ignorant as me, they are words that sound like what they describe. E.g. Wizz, wack, and whip.

I thought it might be interesting to post a few here, particularly non-English words. For instance, I’m not sure how correct it is, but I was once told the word for a rain drop in Japanese is ‘ping’.

Have great day,
Alex.