Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

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Re: Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

Post by c_nordlander » Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:49 am

I'll check it out, thanks for the tip!
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Re: Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

Post by c_nordlander » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:24 pm

I just found a wasp *inside the pit of a nectarine*.

NOPE.
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Re: Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

Post by D.B. » Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:36 pm

c_nordlander wrote:I just found a wasp *inside the pit of a nectarine*.

NOPE.
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Re: Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

Post by c_nordlander » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:12 pm

On the upside, I did make a sound rather like the onomatopoeia in the thread title. So there is that.
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Re: Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

Post by SirMustapha » Tue Jun 30, 2015 2:58 pm

c_nordlander wrote:On the upside, I did make a sound rather like the onomatopoeia in the thread title.
Well, that's impressive. The sound I'd make in that situation would be more like a squealing 5-year-old
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Re: Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

Post by c_nordlander » Tue Jun 30, 2015 3:25 pm

Heh!

Oh, and I originally let it out on the window-sill, but later changed my mind and killed it. Because for all I know, that insect came from a different eco-system, and the window was right next to my parents' fruit trees, and... better safe than sorry.

But I wrapped my hand in toilet paper before squishing it, because I'm a pussy when it comes to wasps.
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Re: Ackpth! and other onomatopoeias

Post by Nidotamer » Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:02 pm

I think the kind of sound I'd make would be closer to "Whuh?" followed by annoyance.

Wouldn't usually like squishing even bugs but yeah, could have been one of those types of insects that plant their eggs in stuff like fruit and/or other life forms...
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