Link to the Show / Show NotesDave 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.)
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