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  2. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    The term is often used to refer specifically to mishearings of song lyrics (cf. soramimi). Onomatopoeia: a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing; Phonetic reversal; Rhyme: a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words Alliteration: matching consonants sounds at the beginning of words

  3. 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 ...

  4. Silent e - Wikipedia

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    It altereth the sound of all the vowells, euen quite thorough one or mo consonants as, máde, stéme, éche, kínde, strípe, óre, cúre, tóste sound sharp with the qualifying E in their end: whereas, màd, stèm, èch, frind, strip, or, cut, tost, contract of tossed sound flat without the same E, And therefor the same loud and sharp sound in ...

  5. Subways of Your Mind - Wikipedia

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    On March 18, 2007, Lydia began her online search for the song on a Usenet group, but later migrated to websites with song identification tools. She posted a 1:15 excerpt of the song to best-of-80s.de (a German forum devoted to eighties synth-pop ) and to The Spirit of Radio (a fan site dedicated to Canadian radio station CFNY-FM ).

  6. Alliteration - Wikipedia

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    Poets can call attention to certain words in a line of poetry by using alliteration. They can also use alliteration to create a pleasant, rhythmic effect. In the following poetic lines, notice how alliteration is used to emphasize words and to create rhythm: [29] "Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling!'

  7. Non-lexical vocables in music - Wikipedia

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    They avoid c, n, (ts) and other consonants. e and i tend slightly to be higher pitches, a, o, and u lower ones. [3] The AIM Song has its origins in the Plains; as such, it holds similar characteristics to Blackfoot song. It is intended as an intertribal song, so the use of non-lexical vocables prevents bias to one particular language.

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  9. Major-General's Song - Wikipedia

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    The character of Major-General Stanley was widely taken to be a caricature of the popular general Sir Garnet Wolseley.The biographer Michael Ainger, however, doubts that Gilbert intended a caricature of Wolseley, identifying instead the older General Henry Turner, an uncle of Gilbert's wife whom Gilbert disliked, as a more likely inspiration for the satire.