A question about girlfriends

[kellychaos]

Originally Posted by jimbutsu

I can't find any other definition for onomatopoeia in any online or print source than "words for sounds." This isn't necessarily true on other languages that use those roots, mind you, but just because you say it doesn't make it true.

Such devices bring out the full flavor of words. Comparison and association are sometimes strengthened by syllables which imitate or reproduce the sounds they describe. When this occurs, it is called onomatopoeia (a Greek word meaning name-making "), for the sounds literally make the meaning in such words as "buzz," "crash," "whirr," "clang" "hiss," "purr," "squeak," "mumble," "hush," "boom." Poe lets us hear the different kinds of sounds made by different types of bells in his famous poem "The Bells." His choice of the right word gives us the right sound when he speaks of "tinkling" sleigh bells; "clanging" fire bells; mellow "chiming" wedding bells; "tolling," "moaning," and "groaning" funeral bells.

You're going to argue with someone over root word based in his native language? :shakeshead