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  2. List of animal sounds - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Saban English - Wikipedia

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    The NURSE vowel: in rhotic words, it merges with the FORCE or STRUT; in non-rhotic words it is realized as [ʌ]. The GOAT is generally [oə] or monophthongized to [o:] or [o:~oə]. The NEAR and SQUARE vowels are generally merged, and can be realized as either [eə] or [iə]. The PRICE / PRIZE vowel can be pronounced as either [ʌɪ] or [ɛɪ]..

  4. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    1.2 Bodily functions and involuntary sounds. 1.3 Cries of distress. 1.4 Interrupted speech. 1.5 Expressions of positive emotions. 2 Animal sounds. ... Goat bleating ...

  5. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. 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 ...

  6. Northumbrian dialect - Wikipedia

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    Occurring throughout much of north & west Northumberland, the GOAT vowel in words like "phone" and "tone" moves closer to [ɜː], so "phone" would be pronounced the same as the word "fern". Amongst those with stronger accents, a similar vowel can be found in the LOT vowel, so "cod" would be pronounced with a short œ sound.

  7. Decoded: What GOAT means and how to use it - AOL

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    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

  8. East Anglian English - Wikipedia

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    The GOAT vowel (/əʊ/ in RP) generally has a quality that can be represented with a narrow glide like [ʊu] in Norfolk: thus words with the spelling oa , oe and oCe such as boat, toe, code sound to outsiders like boot, too, cood respectively.

  9. Brummie dialect - Wikipedia

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    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")