“Class,
I’m going to teach you about onomatopoeia. Walter! What’s that rumbling noise?”
“Sorry
Mrs. Astute, it’s borborygmi. I’m hungry and my stomach’s growling.”
“Do
not interrupt when I’m trying to teach something!”
I wrote this for the
Week 67 Trifextra Writing Challenge where we are to write exactly 33 words
using an example of onomatopoeia.
Your comments are
appreciated.
Haha! Mrs. Astute is a riot! Okay, so I had to look up borborygmi Unusual word. Fun one, Lum!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gina. I think borgorygmi is onomatopoeia as it imitates the sound of your stomach, but just in case I'm wrong, I added a couple of others. lol!
DeleteFun, Lum! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks De! :)
DeleteI like your humor...I'm with Gina, I didn't know what "borborygmi" meant either. I rather like the sound of it, though!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Janna! I always thought it was a funny sounding word and thought it would be good for the prompt. :)
DeleteLearned something new, borgorygmi. As far as Mrs. Astute, I resemble that inference. lol, Good one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ann. I always loved the expression "I resemble that remark" which I think is attributable to one of the Three Stooges. I think teachers are better these days but I recall that mine were more preoccupied with discipline than teaching.
DeleteI learned something new too! Will Walter's stomach get detention though? ;) Very fun take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThank you Valerie. :)
Deletegreat way to astutely work in an onomatopoeia from another culture!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jody. :)
Delete"borborigmi" is that from George Carlin? cool regardless.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a medical term and I don't know whether its intentional or not that the word sounds like a stomach growling. Thanks Sam.
DeleteThe education cuts are really taking a toll on the quality of teachers... (:
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about today. My own experience was strange enough! Thanks Draug.
DeleteLOL - very clever. Thanks for the new word too - I'd love to see what the Trifectans would make of borborygmi as a prompt.
ReplyDeleteI think we'd get a lot of stories about stomach ailments. :). Thanks Sarah.
DeleteThat's how you miss an opportunity in teaching
ReplyDeleteExactly. Thank Bjorn.
DeleteROFL!What a cool excuse-a new word too-great use of the prompt Lumdog,loved it(giggle)!
ReplyDeleteThank you for those kind words Atreyee! ;)
ReplyDeleteToo funny. Your uses of the prompts are always very interesting and that's an understatement.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for saying that Donetta. It means a lot coming from you since I always enjoy your work.
DeleteI love learning new words through our Trifectans. Great piece!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up!
Thank you Tri. :)
DeleteThat is definitely my favorite new word!!! And Mrs. Astute... god love 'em and my grampy used to say.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kymm. A lot of my teachers were like that.
DeleteThanks Joe.
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