Friday, October 29, 2010

Friday Trivia

The answer to yesterday's question is:
y=mx+b

Today's question is:
What is a word called that's spelled like the sound it references, such as boom, cuckoo, whoosh, or pow? (Spelling doesn't count on this one!)
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7 comments:

  1. allen (in Michigan)7:11 PM

    onomatopoeia.

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  2. Beth8:11 PM

    Is it an (thank God spelling doesn't count!) onomonopia?

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  3. pseudotsuga8:26 PM

    onomatopoeia

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  4. Anonymous11:10 PM

    Ah-no-maht-a-pee-uh

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  5. Anonymous1:43 AM

    Interesting that you all seem to use b as the constant for the intercept. In the UK, it is always labelled c

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  6. teachergirl1:55 AM

    onomotapoeia

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  7. Cap'n CRUNCH1:46 PM

    Onomatapoeia

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