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  2. Yawn - Wikipedia

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    A yawn is a reflex in vertebrate animals characterized by a long inspiratory phase with gradual mouth ... The English yawn continues a number of Middle English forms: ...

  3. Close-mid back rounded vowel - Wikipedia

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    English: Estuary: yawn [joːn] 'yawn' May be [oʊ] or [o̞ː] instead. Cockney [13] Received Pronunciation [14] Typically transcribed with ɔː . See English phonology: South African [15] General and Broad varieties. Cultivated SAE has a more open vowel. See South African English phonology: General Indian [16] go [ɡoː] 'go' General Pakistani [17]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Why you yawn when you’re bored, according to experts - AOL

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    Yawning often feels involuntary—it’s triggered by the same part of the brain as sneezing, Sullivan says. But the difference is, a yawn can be controlled from “the top down” if you think ...

  6. Can you make it through this video without yawning? - AOL

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    328 participants were asked to watch a three-minute video of people yawning and to keep track of how many times they yawned. Of the 328 participants, 222 contagiously yawned.

  7. Onomatopoeia - Wikipedia

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    In English, for example, there is the universal fastener which is named for the sound it makes: the zip (in the UK) or zipper (in the U.S.) Many birds are named after their calls, such as the bobwhite quail , the weero , the morepork , the killdeer , chickadees and jays , the cuckoo , the chiffchaff , the whooping crane , the whip-poor-will ...

  8. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used.

  9. Why it’s ‘important’ to newlywed Capt. Sandy Yawn to share ...

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    Yawn, 59, and Shafer, 50, officially tied the knot on May 11. They got married in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on board a superyacht, according to The New York Times .