← Back to context Comment by Gander5739 1 day 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 SonOfLilit 20 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 20 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 12 hours ago Yes. You could say this is the sound of silence. tosti 20 hours ago Someone accidentally the whole thing.
SonOfLilit 20 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 20 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 12 hours ago Yes. You could say this is the sound of silence.
Gander5739 20 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 12 hours ago Yes. You could say this is the sound of silence.
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.
Someone accidentally the whole thing.