← Back to context Comment by Gander5739 14 hours ago You mean an onomatope (to be pendantic)? In any case, it's not clear to me exactly what you mean. 4 comments Gander5739 Reply tosti 10 hours ago Someone accidentally the whole thing. SonOfLilit 11 hours ago Apparently "onomatope" is a much less popular name for the same thing (e.g. Wikipedia uses my version).I mean that the "remove a word" 'symbol' is a 'word' that represents the verb he was trying to invoke, by sounding like it.Birds chirp, bees buzz, moderators, toilets flush. Gander5739 10 hours ago Apologies if I'm being totally thick, but you're saying the lack of a word is acting as an onomatope (or an onomatopoeia if you prefer)? SonOfLilit 3 hours ago Yes. You could say this is the sound of silence.
SonOfLilit 11 hours ago Apparently "onomatope" is a much less popular name for the same thing (e.g. Wikipedia uses my version).I mean that the "remove a word" 'symbol' is a 'word' that represents the verb he was trying to invoke, by sounding like it.Birds chirp, bees buzz, moderators, toilets flush. Gander5739 10 hours ago Apologies if I'm being totally thick, but you're saying the lack of a word is acting as an onomatope (or an onomatopoeia if you prefer)? SonOfLilit 3 hours ago Yes. You could say this is the sound of silence.
Gander5739 10 hours ago Apologies if I'm being totally thick, but you're saying the lack of a word is acting as an onomatope (or an onomatopoeia if you prefer)? SonOfLilit 3 hours ago Yes. You could say this is the sound of silence.
Someone accidentally the whole thing.
Apparently "onomatope" is a much less popular name for the same thing (e.g. Wikipedia uses my version).
I mean that the "remove a word" 'symbol' is a 'word' that represents the verb he was trying to invoke, by sounding like it.
Birds chirp, bees buzz, moderators, toilets flush.
Apologies if I'm being totally thick, but you're saying the lack of a word is acting as an onomatope (or an onomatopoeia if you prefer)?
Yes. You could say this is the sound of silence.