onomatopoeia--which doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard--is the word for all the other words that do--like murmer, pitter-patter, squawk, tic, -- a movie extra I once knew told me that in courtroom scenes in a movie when evidence is revealed that surprises the attendees in the pews, they are told to whisper to each other "rutabaga-rutabaga-rutabaga" which is supposed to mimic the way people whisper feverishly under their breath when they're supposed to be silent.
Thank you for the smiley giggles, Carol! I had heard the word, onomatopoeia and what it meant before. It always makes me smile ---such a huge word for such a silly job. But when you told what the actors were supposed to whisper to each other, I had to laugh. I'm sure there is always one schmidiot who doesn't know what a rutabaga is and he'll forget the word ... a la, he'll be the only one who's whispering, "What's the word? What's the damn word??" instead of rutabaga!
Hahaha, funny--BTW, rutabagas are one of my favorite veggies. I cube them and boil them with potatoes and mash them together. It elevates the peasant stature of the lowly, starchy spud and imparts an ever-so-slight air of sophistication.
I'll definitely have to try that. Thank you, my friend. Besides, I could use a touch of sophistication. (wink)
I have a cute story about that word. When I was growing up, all of us used to play a word game at the kitchen table. I don't remember the name of it, but you decide on a word and put the letters upside down in front of you. You each take turns going around guessing a letter of everyone's word. You get one letter right, you get to guess again. The last one standing, word unguessed wins.
My younger brother was last man standing and we still had one more guess apiece. When all of us were done, he had to tell us his word. It was "fisticated". All of us told him, "Chip, there is no such word!" he argued that there was! "I always hear people say someone is "so fisticated"" I guess that word wasn't in the latest spelling bee
onomatopoeia--which doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard--is the word for all the other words that do--like murmer, pitter-patter, squawk, tic, -- a movie extra I once knew told me that in courtroom scenes in a movie when evidence is revealed that surprises the attendees in the pews, they are told to whisper to each other "rutabaga-rutabaga-rutabaga" which is supposed to mimic the way people whisper feverishly under their breath when they're supposed to be silent.
Thank you for the smiley giggles, Carol! I had heard the word, onomatopoeia and what it meant before. It always makes me smile ---such a huge word for such a silly job. But when you told what the actors were supposed to whisper to each other, I had to laugh. I'm sure there is always one schmidiot who doesn't know what a rutabaga is and he'll forget the word ... a la, he'll be the only one who's whispering, "What's the word? What's the damn word??" instead of rutabaga!
Hahaha, funny--BTW, rutabagas are one of my favorite veggies. I cube them and boil them with potatoes and mash them together. It elevates the peasant stature of the lowly, starchy spud and imparts an ever-so-slight air of sophistication.
I'll definitely have to try that. Thank you, my friend. Besides, I could use a touch of sophistication. (wink)
I have a cute story about that word. When I was growing up, all of us used to play a word game at the kitchen table. I don't remember the name of it, but you decide on a word and put the letters upside down in front of you. You each take turns going around guessing a letter of everyone's word. You get one letter right, you get to guess again. The last one standing, word unguessed wins.
My younger brother was last man standing and we still had one more guess apiece. When all of us were done, he had to tell us his word. It was "fisticated". All of us told him, "Chip, there is no such word!" he argued that there was! "I always hear people say someone is "so fisticated"" I guess that word wasn't in the latest spelling bee