Dear all,
What's the right onomatopoeic term for don't say or be quiet.
the sound of when person put his/her second finger across lips.
Shhit/sheit/sheeit? I can't find which one is the most right spelling.
Thanks
ryooster
Shhit/sheit/sheeit?
Perhaps, but the interjection is most often directed towards kids, and we all know that a low level of white noise is the best we can hope for; silence is far, far too optimistic.N.B. I think onomatopoeia is probably not the right term here...
An onomatopoeia is a word that approximates the sound it refers to... Silence has no sound.
Yes. I think interjection would be more appropriate.N.B. I think onomatopoeia is probably not the right term here...
An onomatopoeia is a word that approximates the sound it refers to... Silence has no sound.
It's not an onomatopoeia of silence, it's an onomatopoeia of the sibilant sound someone makes to tell someone else to be quiet.N.B. I think onomatopoeia is probably not the right term here...
An onomatopoeia is a word that approximates the sound it refers to... Silence has no sound.
If someone says "shhhh!", it's just a sound made with the mouth; I don't think it's a word. If you say "He shushed me", that's an onomatopoeia, because "shush" is a word (here a verb) that imitates the sound made.It's not an onomatopoeia of silence, it's an onomatopoeia of the sibilant sound someone makes to tell someone else to be quiet.
It's not an onomatopoeia of silence, it's an onomatopoeia of the sibilant sound someone makes to tell someone else to be quiet.
If someone says "shhhh!", it's just a sound made with the mouth; I don't think it's a word. If you say "He shushed me", that's an onomatopoeia, because "shush" is a word (here a verb) that imitates the sound made.
I'm saying that off the top of my head, someone will prove me wrong! But instinctively I just feel that shhhh! is not an onomoatopoeia.
sh, hush, and shush, imitating the noise made when air escapes under some restraint from the mouth are as onamatopoeic as bang, slap, and puff. Hiss too but that does not mean be quiet! though it might induce a so called artiste to leave the stage.
shush (v.)1905, imitative of the command to be quiet. Online Etymological Dicionary![]()
Ashtray does not imitate any sound, though it does sound pleasing to the ear if one forgets the connotations of toxic air and cancer.
Btw, note the Americanism hush up!
If someone says "shhhh!", it's just a sound made with the mouth; I don't think it's a word. If you say "He shushed me", that's an onomatopoeia, because "shush" is a word (here a verb) that imitates the sound made.
I'm saying that off the top of my head, someone will prove me wrong! But instinctively I just feel that shhhh! is not an onomoatopoeia.
And of course it's not an onomoatopoeia.the sound of when person put his/her second finger across lips.
I'm with those who think it's "shush".What's the right onomatopoeic term for don't say or be quite.
Btw, note the Americanism hush up!