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Even as the instinctive prescriptivist that I am, I can't possibly get get worked up about permutations on onomatopoeia.
by quesera 2y ago
Even as the instinctive prescriptivist that I am, I can't possibly get get worked up about permutations on onomatopoeia.
- swores 2y agoNot even something like "woe" for woah, or "hmf" for hmph? :P
- quesera 2y agoYou raise good points. :) Actually I like "hmf" despite my usual distaste for the dilution of "ph" to "f". The "ph" in "hmph" seems incidental, so it does not trigger me, I guess! There is a highway sign somewhere on I-95 for "Fenix Ave", which took me a while to realize was a vicious act committed by illiterates against "Phoenix Avenue".