Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Onomatopoeia question
Now I was talking with a friend on the topic of onomatopoeias and a debate came when we disagreed on woah/whoa being an onomatopoeia. Now there are some lists that say it is and some that say that it isn't. My question is whether woah/whoa is an onomatopoeia or not?
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Hi, Now I was talking with a friend on the topic of onomatopoeias and a debate came when we disagreed on woah/whoa being an example of onomatopoeia. Now there are some lists that say it is and some that say that it isn't. My question is whether woah /whoa is an example of onomatopoeia or not?
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Hi,
Now I was talking with a friend on the topic of onomatopoeias and a debate came when we disagreed on woah/whoa being an example of onomatopoeia. Now there are some lists that say it is and some that say that it isn't. My question is whetherwoah/whoa is an example of onomatopoeia or not?
Onomatopoeia refers to a word formed from the sound of what it name
Now I was talking with a friend on the topic of onomatopoeias and a debate came when we disagreed on woah/whoa being an example of onomatopoeia. Now there are some lists that say it is and some that say that it isn't. My question is whether
Onomatopoeia refers to a word formed from the sound of what it name
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