Talk:List of onomatopoeias

2006 discussions

Is this really a full list? - 86.140.187.18 06:21, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• This is a really pointless article. I don't see how its any more useful than List of nouns. Wickethewok 21:25, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Would anyone be opposed to just redirecting this to the short example list in Onomatopoeia? Wickethewok 13:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

• If not, I'll redirect this soon. Wickethewok 20:23, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I find it quite useful. Also anyone know the word for the noise a fart makes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.237.220.121 (talk • contribs) 21:44, 18 August 2006‎

Incomplete list with unknown inclusion criteria without any sources. How does it still exist alive? --ᛒᚨᛊᛖ (ᛏᚨᛚᚲ) 18:50, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Deletion and re-creation

A list at this page was deleted in 2006 per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of onomatopoeias.

It was then re-created in 2014 to replace Category:Onomatopoeias, as decided at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 April 14. – Fayenatic London 11:11, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Fictious noises

What exactly determines what the noises things in fiction are? The only thing I know that most people agree is the sound of a laser gun in fiction which is "pew-pew" or "pew-pew-pew". ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 01:54, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

That would definitely count, but I'm unclear what else you mean; the other examples already there are from specific works with a written component, so they can be transcribed exactly (for example, turning on captioning in Minecraft can display an 'Enderman vwoops' prompt, formerly 'Enderman teleports'). Arlo James Barnes 04:13, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

I was unaware of the caption for the enderman teleportation sound until recently. I think we should still be citing where we are getting these specific sounds from. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:12, 20 April 2022 (UTC)