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Old 10-20-2016, 10:36 AM  
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
Correct. It is basically a word that describes a sound and when spoken aloud sounds like the sound it describes. For example, hiss. The word hiss describes a sound, but when you say the word it actually sounds like you are hissing.
It's interesting that man from Paris and man from London will not use the same word to describe the sound of cats/dogs, and animals in those cities sound the same.
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