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Question about onomatopoeia usage...

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jaboyak
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Question about onomatopoeia usage...

Postby jaboyak » April 29th, 2009 3:45 pm

I've heard a lot of things from a lot of different people, but I wanted to hear what you guys had to say about it.

Is it kind of weird, or not masculine rather, to hear guys use onomatopoeia? I know it's normal for girls, but I was just curious.

Anyway, I was just curious about the unsaid cultural side about onomatopoeia usage. Thanks for you input ahead of time. ^_^
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QuackingShoe
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Postby QuackingShoe » April 29th, 2009 5:12 pm

It's normal and they're used like any other word
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Postby Javizy » April 29th, 2009 7:20 pm

They are extremely common, and they often express concepts that take a full-on description in English, so they're very useful.
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