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Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
The word salmon generally retains a short vowel despite the loss of /l/. A few words with /alb/ or /olb/, such as Alban and Albany, which have developed to /ɔːl/ (though Albania usually has /æl/), and Holborn, which has the GOAT vowel and no /l/. Words like scalp and Alps are unaffected.
Traditionally words such as "swear", "there", "wear" take the diphthong [iə], often written sweer, theer, weer in dialect writing. This sound may also be used in words originating from Old English ēa, commonly spelt ea in standard english spelling: for example, head as [iəd] (heead), red as [riəd] (reead) leaves as [liəvz] (leeavs). [25]
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 ...
GOAT, which stands for "Greatest Of All Time," is the ultimate compliment of all compliments. While the acronym can be applied to describe any Decoded: What GOAT means and how to use it
A lexical set is a group of words that share a particular vowel or consonant sound. A phoneme is a basic unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another. Most commonly, following the work of phonetician John C. Wells, a lexical set is a class of words in a language that share a certain vowel phoneme.
The corresponding example words in italics are spelt so that a reader using Received Pronunciation (RP) can approximate the sounds. The vowel of mouth (RP [aʊ]) can be [æʊ] or [æə] The vowel of goat (RP [əʊ]) can be close to [ɑʊ] (so to an RP speaker, goat may sound like "gout")
Glossary of provincial words used in the neighbourhood of Ormskirk, W Hawkstead Talbot, 1846. The Dialect of South Lancashire, or Tom Bobbin's Tummus and Meary; with his rhymes and an enlarged glossary of words and phrases, chiefly used by the rural population of the manufacturing districts of South Lancashire, Samuel Bamford, 1854.