Onomatopoeia and Other Word Music (46)

Dave Shepherd and Howard Shepherd get a buzz out of talking about onomatopoeia. (Did I spell that right?) (1:52) Song: 'Crash Bang Boom!' by Ellen Rosner (5:48) Animal sounds around the world (source: Sounds of the World's Animals website) (8:07) Music bumper from 'Small Thuds in the Night' by Happy Ashtray (12:22) Rude word of the week: the Bronx cheer (which we can't really spell out) (13:05) Song: 'The Buzz is Over,' by Macle (15:05) Other examples of 'word music' (18:54) Alliteration Assonance Consonance Rhyme Phonetic intensives Howard reads 'Meeting at Night,' by Robert Browning (21:48) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 24:47 size: 11.4 Mb rating: G (Onomatopoeia is really a kid's thing. We say 'fart' in our Rude Word segment, but that's as rude as it gets.)