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Noisy Animal Verbs (more onomatopoeia) Posted by on May 21, 2012

I introduced the topic of onomatopoeia yesterday with a number of “noisy verbs” found in English. Remember onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.  Today I am going to focus on the verbs used to describe the sounds that animals make.  Keep in mind these…

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Onomatopoeia Posted by on May 20, 2012

This is a really fun word to say in English!  Click here and you should be connected to a link where you can hear how to pronounce this word correctly.  What does this funny word mean?  Onomatopoeia is the word we use to describe words that imitate or suggests the source of the sound that…

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