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  2. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  3. Blipvert - Wikipedia

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    A blipvert is a very brief television advertisement, lasting one second. [1] The word is a portmanteau of blip, a brief sound, and advertisement. [2]The term and concept were used in the 1985 film Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future and in Blipverts, the first episode of the 1987 science fiction television show Max Headroom.

  4. Onomatopoeia - Wikipedia

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    The symbolic properties of a sound in a word, or a phoneme, is related to a sound in an environment, and are restricted in part by a language's own phonetic inventory, hence why many languages can have distinct onomatopoeia for the same natural sound. Depending on a language's connection to a sound's meaning, that language's onomatopoeia ...

  5. Mind Blowin' (Smooth song) - Wikipedia

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    "Mind Blowin'" is the lead single from Smooth's eponymous third album. Track listing "Mind Blowin'" (LP Version)- 4:16

  6. Bouba/kiki effect - Wikipedia

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    The bouba–kiki effect seems to be dependent on a long sensitive period, with high visual capacities in childhood being necessary for its typical development. Although the congenitally blind have been reported to show a bouba–kiki effect, they show a much smaller one for touched shapes than sighted individuals do for visual shapes. [16] [17]

  7. Mind Blowing - Wikipedia

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    Mind Blowing or Mind Blowin' may refer to: Mind Blowin', a 1994 album by Vanilla Ice "Mind Blowin '" (Smooth song), 1995 "Mind Blowin '" (The D.O.C. song), 1989

  8. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    In the tables, the hyphen has two different meanings. A hyphen after the letter indicates that it must be at the beginning of a syllable, e.g., j - in jumper and ajar. A hyphen before the letter indicates that it cannot be at the beginning of a word, e.g., - ck in sick and ticket.

  9. Sound symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Sound symbolism is used in commerce for the names of products and even companies themselves. [20] For example, a car company may be interested in how to name their car to make it sound faster or stronger. Furthermore, sound symbolism can be used to create a meaningful relationship between a company's brand name and the brand mark itself.